THE LLAMA. 



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herds, together with large troops of horses and mules, 

 people these broad pastures and breezy table-lands where 

 the Spanish conquerors found only the stag, the llama, and 

 the sfuanaco. 



The llama, the guanaco, and his congeners the vicuna 

 and the alpaca, have retreated before the incessant pursuit 

 of man to the valleys and passes of the Andes. 



1. GUANACO.— 2. LLAMA.— 3. VICUNA. 



The Llama, which in the natural economy of the New 

 World fills the place occupied by the camel in the Old, is 

 capable of carrying a burden of one hundred to one hun- 



