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The ''Guanacos" are less frequently encountered in Bolivia than 

 either of the other animals mentioned. I have seen them in only a 

 single instance while going from " La Paz " -to " Oruro," and then not 

 near enough to observe them well. Like the " Vicuiia" they prefer 

 the rudest antl coldest portions of the Cordilleras, where they feed on 

 a species of wiry grass, called '■'■'HeechooP Their color is dark 

 browH; and they have a fine and valuable wool, but they have never 

 been domesticated. 



The '' Alpacca " or " Paco," larger than either the " Guanaco" or 

 the " Vicuna," but smaller than the " Llama," is chiefly to be found 

 in the higher regions of Peru. Its wool is principally export-ed from 

 '■^ Islaj," the port of " Arequipa," and in smaller quantities from 

 " Arica," the port of " Tacua," and of a part of the northern Boli- 

 via. In either of these ports the animal itself can be procured 

 without much difficulty, but at considerable cost. There is an ex- 

 isting law in Peru, however, which prohibits its exportation, and to 

 obtain the Alpaccas, therefore, from that Republic, special permission 

 would have to be obtained from its authorities in Lima, through the 

 intervention, which I doubt not could be effectual, of our minister 

 there. But the Alpaccas are also to be found in Bolivia. In travel- 

 ing from Tacua to La Paz, by the elevated route of Tacora and 

 Chulluncayani, I saw these animals several times, feeding in small 

 numbers not far from the road ; but though I have since visited Oruro, 

 Chuguisaca, and Potosi, and have journeyed from the latter place to 

 Cobija, I have not met a single Alpacca on the whole route. They 

 exist, however, to a limited extent, in the department of Potosi, and 

 could be purchased, I am informed, so as to be placed on shipboard 

 from the port of Cobija. Their exportation from Bolivia is not pro- 

 hibited by law. The cost of an " Alpacca" in the neighborhood of 

 its residence, is very inconsiderable, from three to five dollars ; but 

 they live a long distance from the coast, and their transportion or 

 journey to the sen, is both troublesome and expensive. I am assured, 

 however, by the manager of the commercial house of Artola & Co., 

 here, that an order for a few of these animals might be readily filled 

 in Cobija, at a price not exceeding ten dollars each. 



