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feet, which enable it to get over the marshy 

 ground. Its face is also conspicuously long. 

 The other deer of the Andes is the little 

 guemal, a miniature deer, standing no more than 

 38 or 40 inches at the shoulder, with antlers 

 of less than 12 inches. It is a good swimmer, 

 and the bucks fight desperately. An animal 

 of this size is not of much account to sports- 

 men who have known better, and is included 

 under the head of big game only because the 

 standards of shikar in South America are 

 modest. 



HUANACO 



The huanaco, or guanaco, is one of South 

 America's four equivalents of the Old World 

 camels, the others being the llama, vicuna, 

 and alpaca. The huanaco, which has reddish 

 woolly hair, stands about 4 feet at the shoulder. 

 It may be stalked and shot, but the most 

 exciting method of hunting it is that of the 

 gauchos, who ride it down and then fling 

 their boleadores (metal balls on long thongs of 

 raw hide), so as to hobble it and bring it to the 

 ground. 



THE CONDOR 



In concluding this very brief survey of South 

 American game, passing mention should per- 

 haps be made of the most conspicuous bird, 

 of the Andes, the condor, grandest of all vul- 



