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ferred, and the exhausted or obstinate beast is usually 
sacrificed upon the spot. 
The flesh of the Llamas is considered savoury when 
young ; and their wool is in great request, especially 
among the native Indians, who make use of it in the 
manufacture of stuffs, ropes, bags, and hats. The skin 
was employed of old by the Peruvians to make soles 
for shoes ; but as they were ignorant of the art of 
tanning and currying, the shoes thus made were inca- 
pable of keeping out the wet. The Spaniards, however, 
turn it to better account, and convert it into very excel- 
lent leather, which is especially valued for the making 
of harness. 
The specimen figured, the only one of the purely 
white variety that we have seen, was presented to 
the Society by the Duke of Bedford, and has been an 
inhabitant of the Menagerie ever since its formation. 
