liave done in the Egyp- 

 tian. Looked upon in the 

 light of an interesting 

 relic of antiquity, there- 

 fore, tliis fragment 

 claims especial attention. 



On ascending the first 

 staircase, the landing- 

 presents to our view se- 

 veral interesting objects 

 of attraction. Amongst 

 these, the most promi- 

 nent is the Llama, an 

 animal bearing a strong 

 resemblance to the Ca- 

 mel, and, like the Camel, 

 ;ised in its native coun- 

 try (South America) as 

 a beast of burthen. Its 

 utility to the natives may be inferred from the fact 

 of this animal being able to supply them vpith both food 

 and raiment ; its Hesh being equal to our mutton, and 

 its hair or vrool capable of being woven into cloth that 

 a modern dandy need not be ashamed of wearing. Tlie 

 Llama can carry with ease a hundred pounds or more, 

 and can ti-avel at the rate of four or five leagues a day ; 

 but according to the testimony of a Spanish writer, one 

 De Zarate, it would seem that their manners sadly re- 

 quire the intervention of some quadrupedal Lord Ches- 

 terfield, to whom the mission might be confidently en- 

 trusted. The following is Zarete's account of the mat- 

 ter: — " Whoa Llamas are fatigued, they lie down, and 

 the load must be taken off, for neither beating nor help 

 will make them get up. Their weariness is manifested 

 in a very disagreeable way, for ■when a man is on one 

 of them, and the beast is pressed under such circum- 

 stances, it turns its head and immediately discharges its 

 saliva, which has a bad odour, into its rider's face." 

 jVow if that be not the very height pf animal impudence, 

 we should like to know what is : but we must still pro- 

 gress. 



Yonder, on the second landing-place, is a fine speci- 

 men of the Musk Ox, procured in the late arctic expe- 

 dition from Melville Islands, and presented by the 



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