the South-Sea. if f 



Proportion to their Bodies, fomething refembiing both a 

 Horfe's and' Sheep's Head >• the upper Lip, like a Hare's, 

 is cleft in the middle, through which they fpit ten Paces 

 from them againft any that offend them ; and if that Spit- ^xil'^ 

 tie falls on their Faces, it makes a reddifh Spot, which is 

 often folknvd by an Itching. Their Necks are long, bow- 

 ing downwards like the Camels, towards the fore Part of 

 the Body, which would well enough refemble them, if 

 they had a Bunch on the Back. The Figure I here inlerc 

 may ferve to explain what is wanting in this Defcription^ 

 Their Height is from four Foot to four and a half. 



They generally carry only a hundred Weight, and walkTfcVBW 

 holding their Heads up, with wonderful Gravity and Ma- Fo9 ^ &e. 

 jefty, fo regular a Pace, that no Beating will make them 

 go out of it. At Night, it is impoffible to make them 

 move with their Burden they lie down till it is ta- 

 ken off, to go and graze : Their common Food is a Sort of 

 Grafs, fomewhat like the fmall Rufli, bating that it is a lit* 

 tie finer, and has a fliarp Point at the end it is call'd Tcho: 

 All the Mountains are cover'd with nothing elfe,- they eat 

 little, and never drink, fo that they are Creatures eafily 

 kept. Tho' they have Cloven Feet like Sheep, yet they 

 make ufe of them in the Mines to carry the Ore to the Mill j 

 as foon as loaded, they go without any Guide to the Place 

 where they are ufed to be unloaded. Above tlie Foot they 

 have a Spur, which makes them fure-footed among the 

 Rocks, becaufe they make ufe of it to hold, or hook by. 

 Their Wool has a ftrong Scent, and even difagreeable ; it 

 is long, white, gray and ruffet in Spots, and very fine, 

 tho* much inferiour to that of the Vicunnofs. 



The Vkunnds are fliaped much like the Llamar, bating Vicunm ? s 

 that they are fmaller, and lighter : Their Wool being ex~ how uh® t 

 traordinary fine and much valu'd ; they are fometimes 

 hunted after fuch a manner as deferves to be related. Ma- 

 ny Indians get together to drive them into fome narrow 

 Pafs, where they have made Cords faft acrofs, three or four 

 Foot from the Ground, with Bits of Wool and Cloth hang- 

 ing at them. The VkunncCs coming to pafs 3 are fo frighted 



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