ItiO VEBXEBBATES. 



These useful, and even necessary animals, are attended with 

 no expense to their masters ; for, as they are cloven-footed, they 

 do not require to be shod, nor do they require to be housed, as 

 their wool supplies them with a warm covering. Satisfied with a 

 small portion of vegetables and grass, they want neither corn nor 

 hay to subsist them ; they are still more moderate in what they 

 drink, as their mouths are continually moistened with saliva, which 

 they have in a greater quantity than any other animal. The 

 natives hunt the Chianacos, or Wild Llama, for the sake of its 

 fleece. The dogs have much trouble to follow them. 



The growth of the Llama is very quick ; and its life is but 

 of short duration. This animal couples at' three years of age, 

 and remains strong and vigorous till twelve; after which it 

 begins to decline, and becomes entirely useless at fifteen. Their 

 nature appears modelled on that of " the Peruvians. They are 

 gentle and phlegmatic, and do everything with the greatest leisure 

 and caution. When they stop on their journeys, they bend their 

 knees very cautiously, in order to lower their bodies without dis- 

 ordering their load. As soon as they hear their driver whistle, 

 they rise up again with the same precaution, and proceed on their 

 journey ; they feed as they go along, on the grass they meet with 

 in their way, but never eat in the night, making use of that time 

 to ruminate. The Llama sleeps, like the camel, with its feet 

 folded under its belly, and ruminates in that posture. When 

 overloaded or fatigued, it falls on its belly, and will not rise, though 

 its driver strike it with his utmost force. 



The Llama is in general a timid and docile animal. If 

 teased or ill-treated, however, they become spiteful. Their mode 

 of manifesting their anger is singular; it consists in darting their 

 saliva in considerable quantity upon the person who ofiends them. 

 They will cover with it a surface of three or four yards in extent. 



The Musk Deer, a native of the East Indies, is three feet 



■ six inches in length, from the head to the tail ; and the head is 



above half a foot long. The fore part of the head is like that of a 



greyhound; and the ears are three inches long, and erect, like 



those of a rabbit ; but the t^il is not above two inches. It is cloven- 



