THE LIFE OF MAMMALS 
mountain side is “driven,” and when as many vicunias as 
possible have been trapped within the inclosure, the men kill 
with their bolas all which do not muster courage enough to 
jump over the dreaded fence. These customs still survive, 
though the animals are by no means so numerous as formerly. 
The skins go as tribute to the church. Tschudi describes a 
chacu in which he took part, and adds: — 
“Under the dynasty of the Incas, when every useful plant and animal 
was ai object of veneration, the Peruvians rendered almost divine worship 
AFRICAN WATER CHEVROTAIN, 
to the llama and his relatives, which exclusively furnished them with wool 
for clothing and with flesh for food. The temples were adorned with large 
figures of these animals made of gold and silver, and their forms were rep- 
resented in domestic utensils of stone and clay.” 
One small group of ruminants remains, the Tragulina or 
chevrotains, the living representatives of which are some pretty 
little hornless ‘“deerlets,” a foot or so in height, 
and with legs like pipestems, known by East Indian 
sportsmen as mouse deer. The kanchil and other Malayan 
species are uniformly reddish or brown, with white markings 
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