i 4 2 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS, 



Like the Camel, they have the faculty of abftaining 

 long from water {fometimes four or five days) ; and like 

 that animal's, their food is coarfe and trifling. They are 

 neither allowed corn nor hay •, green herbage, of which 

 they eat very moderately, being fufficient for their nou- 

 rifliment. 



The wild Lamas, called Guanacos> are ftronger and 

 more active than the domeftic kind. They live in herds, 

 and inhabit the higheft regions of the Cordelieres. They 

 run with great fwiftnefs in places of difficult accefs, 

 where dogs cannot eafily follow them. The molt ufual 

 way of killing them is with the gun. They are hunted 

 for the fake of their flefh and their hair : Of the latter 

 the Indians make cloth. 



The Lama refembles the Camel in the form of its bo- 

 dy, but is without the dorfal hunch: Its head is fmall 

 and well fhaped ; its neck long, and very protuberant 

 near its junction with the body : In its domeftic ftate, 

 its hair is fhort and fmooth ; when wild, it is coarfe and 

 long, of a yellowifh colour : A black line runs along the 

 top of the back, from the head to the tail. The tame 

 ones vary in colour : Some of them are white, others 

 black, others of a mixed colour — white, grey, and ruflet, 

 difperfed in fpots. Its tail is fhort : Its ears are four 

 inches long : Its feet are cloven like thofe of the Ox ; 

 and are armed behind with a fpur, by which the ani- 

 mal is enabled to fupport itfelf on rugged and difficult 

 ground. The height of the Lama is about four feet \ 

 and its length, from the neck to the tail, fix feet. 



