cry fesembles tjie neighing of a horse. To 4pfei^ 

 themselves they employ their saliva, which they 

 throw upon those who molest them. It is asserted, 

 but it appears to be without foundation, that this 

 liva is naturally caustic, and produces l)lister§ ppoa 

 the skin. 



They are in heat hi the latter part of siitnnier, 

 during which time they become very thin, and shed 

 their hair. Before copulation they make ipuch noise, 

 throw out their saliva, and appear to be mad. T}\p 

 female has two dugs, which are always well filled 

 }yith milk ; her period of gestation is five or si^ 

 pionths, and she produces but one young ata birth. 

 These three kinds of animals mutually avoid eacl|L 

 other, nor have they ever been known to copulates 

 To what age they live I am iniable precisely to de- 

 termine, though I believe them shorter }iyed thai^ 

 the camel ; the period generally assigned \h^m l)f 

 the Chilians is thirty year^. 



I consider these anjm^l^ a§ intermediate spepjes, 

 which unite the gpat, sheep, stag and the caîx^^l j 

 ^nd from the following descriptions it wil] be seen, 

 that my opinion is not unfounded 



The vicugna (camcllus vicima) is, according to 

 M. BufFon, only the paco líx its original ^tatp qf lir 

 berty ; but in this, as well as in rnany other particq^ 

 lars which concern i\mcrica, that great naturalist 

 ^as been misinformed. The paco, pr the alpaco, 

 the vicugna are twp animals of the same genus, butj 

 of very . different species. It is cert^ii;i that tl:^ey t^pj 

 ver copulate, although they live upon %hp 

 mountains, and the wild paço, as well ^s t^^e t^p[ie^ 

 k YOT Gomnfion iii Per\|^ The yi^y^n^ i§ M§i?ly thê 



