GUANACO AND VIGONIA. 49 
a string, when the Indians kill them with 
stones tied to the ends of leather thongs. 
Should any Guanacos happen to be among the 
flock, these leap over the cords, and are fol- 
lowed by all the Vicunnas. These Guanacos 
are larger, and more corpulent ; and are also 
called Viscachas.’ 
‘** I come now to the third description of 
South American Camel, and that which, ex- 
clusively, should be called Llama, or the sole 
cattle, or beast of burthen, or domesticated 
animal, for food and fleece, of ancient Peru 
and Chili; and that commonly intended by 
the name of ‘ Llama of Peru,’ or * Hueco 
of Chili, or ‘ South American Sheep,’ de- 
scribed as a beast of burthen, and even 
ridden upon as a horse by the Spanish con- 
querors, if not by the Indians before them. 
But it is this animal, much more than either 
of the preceding, which presents difficulties 
in Zoology. As the Vigonia and Guanaco 
are never found domesticated, so the Llama 
is unknown in the wild state, or as a beast of 
chace. Is, then, the Llama a domestic va- 
riety of the Guanaco, (for this question only 
can be admitted;) or is it a domesticated 
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