GUANACO 
respective figures and descriptions. The ac- 
counts of the Allo-Camelus and Elapho-Ca- 
melus, quoted by BufFon, in the origlna] Latin 
of Gesner and of Matthiolus, state the former 
to be six feet in height, and five feet in length ; 
to have a neck Hkea Swan, and equally white, 
the rest of the body being of a reddish or pur- 
plish colour : and, the latter, from head to tail 
six feet in length, and from the soles of the 
feet to the top of the protuberance on the 
back only four feet in height; to have the 
head, neck, and mouth, of a Camel; an am- 
ple breast, with a large protuberance beneath, 
like that animal; the ears of a Stag; and the 
eyes of an Ox. 
The description of this • last animal — in 
which, however, no colour is mentioned, nor 
even the nature of the hair hinted— seems to 
us, indeed, tolerably near that of Gesner's 
Allo-Camelus; and both, perhaps, are allied to 
the Cervo-Camelus of Johnston: but they 
have very little resemblance to the Llama ; 
which is a woolly animal, without any protu- 
berance on the back, and considerably smaller 
than either. 
We 
