LLAMA. 
serve them, they should be landed, not in 
Spain, but in Scotland, or even in Norway. 
The foot of the Pyrenees, Alps, &c. would 
probably answer the intention still better, 
where they could climb to the region which 
was most agreeable to their constitution. I 
have dwelt the longer on this subje6t," he 
concludes, " because I imagine that these 
animals would be a great acquisition to Eu- 
rope, and produ6live of more real advantage 
than all the metals of the New World ; which 
only load us with a useless weight, since a 
grain of gold or silver was formerly equal in 
value to what now costs us an ounce of these 
metals.'* 
Thoujrh Buffon thus treats the Llama and 
Pacos as only tw^o species, Linnssus has di- 
vided them into five: the Camelus Glamii, or 
Llama; the Camelus Huanacus, or Guanaco ; 
the Camelus xVraucanus, or Chilihueqlie; the 
Camelus Vicugna, or Vicugna; and the Ca- 
melus Paco, or Pacos. Pennant, who pur- 
sues a similar arrangement, describes them ail 
as Camels of America ; under the names of 
the Llama, the Vicunna, the Paco, the Gua-' 
nacu, 
