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bearing the wool now so extensively used for articles of 

 dress, on which account numerous attempts have been 

 made to naturalize the species in Great Britain, which its 

 reputed hardihood seemed to point out as an easy achieve- 

 ment, but which attempts have not hitherto been attended 

 with as much success as was anticipated. The length of the 

 voyage, added to unskilful treatment, so much impairs 

 the health of those that survive, that they seldom live for 

 any length of time after their arrival ; otherwise they 

 could, with judicious treatment, in all probability be 

 naturalised, and after a few generations would, as in the 

 case of some other exotics, become perfectly inured to our 

 climate. The four kinds are perfectly distinct, yet have such 

 a general appearance, that one kind may easily be mistaken 

 for another: the distinctions however are very evident to 

 a practised eye, and are as follows : — 



"The Guanaco approaches the Llama very nearly, both 

 in its size and the texture of its wool, but is a much 

 stronger and more vigorous animal. It is clean and well- 

 made, light and active, and always of a light buff or fawn 

 colour on the upper surface, and white beneath and on the 

 inner side of the limbs ; the face is greyish-black. There 

 is less wool on the head, neck and upper part of the limbs, 

 and that on the body is shorter and more sparingly fur- 

 nished than in the Llama, and is mixed with coarse hair 

 of greater length than the wool. The male is vicious, ac- 

 tive, watchful and restless, and nearly or quite untame- 

 able ; this is the invariable character of the species. 

 In confinement it is constantly trying to seize any 

 person that approaches it : it endeavours to throw down 

 its opponent by springing against him with all its force, 

 and then bites viciously. The spirit of the adult animal 

 is such, that it will never allow itself to be conquered 

 otherwise than by sheer strength. The female, though 



