£41 



GLAMA. 



Camelus Glama. C. clorso Iccvi, topho pectorali. Lin. Syst. Nat, 

 p. 91. 



Pale ferruginous Camel, whitish beneath, with smooth backhand 



pectoral bunch. 

 Camelus Peruvianus Glama dictus. J?«;. Qvadr, 145. 

 Ovis Peruana. Charht. exer. p. 9. Jonst. Quadr, t. j^6. 

 Le Lama. Bujf. ,13. p. 16. and SuppL 6. p. 204.^/. 27. 

 Llama. Pemumf Qnadr. i, p, 133. 



This animal, described by some of the old, na- 

 turalists, under the name of Ovis Peruviana ^, or 

 Peruvian Sheep, is a native of South America, and 

 is particidarly plentiful in Peru, where it inhabits, 

 in a wild state, the highest and coldest parts of 

 mountains, feeding in numerous herds, and flying 

 with great rapidity on the sight of mankind. It 

 was, liowever, completely subdued and domesti- 

 cated by the antient Peruvians, being the only 

 beast of burthen known to that people, to whom 

 it answered the same purposes as the Camel and 

 Dromedary in the eastern regions of the old con- 

 tinent. The general size of the Glama is nearly 

 that of a stag ; measuring about four feet and a half 

 in height to the top of the shoulders, and about 

 six feet in length from nose to tail. The neck is 

 of a great length; the head small; the back 

 slightly elevated, and the whole animal bears some 

 resemblance to a Camel on a smaller scale. Its 



This name has also been applied by some authors to the Pace, 



&c. 



