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by the Afaúcá^iaít^, who, though they aré fótíá ôf 

 theirííesh, never kill them except upon fêstivds, 6t 

 ôn some solemil sacrifice:. Before the conquest they ^ 

 employed the wool of this animal to áiáké th€ir 

 clothes, but ^ince sheep have multiplied so mueh^ 

 they make use of the wool of the cíhilihuécjue oïlly 

 for the most valuable cloth. 



What M. de BuíFon and thé celebrated Linnâéué 

 have said respecting the paco and the vicugna being 

 of the Same species, they have likewise asserted of 

 the guanaco and the llama. Both these naturalists 

 have taken the llama for the domesticated guanaco, 

 but I have good reasons for being of a different 

 ôpiniori. Besides the natural aversion which sub- 

 sists between these two animals, and which pírevent^ 

 them from ever mingling, they also offer some vet}' 

 striking differences which can never be attributed t(5 

 the change of situation alone. The llama has a sitrait 

 back, all its legs nearly of an equal length, and úrí 

 excrescence ôn the breast which is almost âlwaysf 

 moistened with a yellowish oily exudation. The* 

 guanaco, on the contrary, has á bunched or rather 

 an arched back, the hind feet are so long that when 

 it is pursued it never attempts to ascend the moun- 

 tains, like the llama, the paco, and the vicugna, but 

 descends tliem leaping like the buck and the deer, a' 

 course well suited fo thé peculiar conformation óí 

 its legs. 



The guanaco (camellus huanacüs) e:i?eeeds \h€ 

 chilihiicque in size, and I have seen some of them 

 that were the height of ahorse. Its úsüal length, 

 however, from the nose to the tail, is about seven 



