54 WILD LLAMA ? 
Guanaco, all other difficulties, in the way of 
deriving the former from the latter, might 
be readily thrown aside. The colour of the 
Guanaco is uniform, or at least, it is never 
pied; and this uniformity is natural in the 
wild animal, though without excluding the 
accidental occurrence of white, dark-coloured, 
or even black-coated individuals. The coat 
of the Llama is often pied. It commonly 
varies between white, grey, and russet ; and 
individuals are sometimes seen, of which one 
half of the body is of an uniform dark colour, 
and the other half of an uniform white. 
The Llama which you see here is wholly 
white, in the same manner that you see 
a white horse, or a white cow. But a 
White Llama is so far uncommon in Peru as 
to be remarkable; and, like a White Ele- 
phant, a White Doe, or other white animals 
in general, it commands, in its native coun- 
try, more or less of superstitious veneration. 
In the time of the Incas, and in the view of 
the Virgins of the Sun, and of the worship- 
pers in the Peruvian temples, a White 
Llama was holy.* 
* See, The White Llama; a Story of Peru. By 
