LLAMA. 
are never found. They appear to be confined 
to that chain of mountains which extends 
from New Spain to Terra Magellanica : they 
inhabit the most elevated regions of this 
globe; and seem to require a lighter air than 
that of our highest mountains." It is with 
no great regard to consistency, that we after- 
wards find BufFon asserting, that *' these ani- 
mals might be rendered extremely useful to us ; 
for," says he, it is probable, that thev would 
thrive on our Alps and Pvrenees, as well as 
on the Cordelieres :" and, as if this were not 
gufncient, he repeats, for it seems to be a fa- 
vourite idea, '* I am persuaded, as I formerly- 
remarked, that these animals might succeed in 
our mountains, and particularly in the Pyre- 
nees. Those who brought them to Spain, 
did not consider tliat, even in Peru, they sub- 
sist only in the cold region, or on the tops of 
the highest mountains ; that thev are never 
found in low lands ; and that they die in warm 
countries: that, on the conrrarv, they are at 
present very numerous in the neighbourhood 
of tlie Straits of Magellan, where the cold is 
much more intense than in the South of Eu- 
rope ; and consequently tliat, in order to pre- 
serve 
