THE LLAMA. 
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®re very rare. In 1805, when a llama of pure 
entire white, intended as a present to the 
impress Josephine, was brought to Buenos 
^yres to be embarked for Europe, it was the 
^^st of that colour which had ever been seen 
®''en in the capital of Rio de la Plata. A 
^'^naa of this colour has long been an inhabi- 
of the Zoological Gardens in the Regent’s 
^ark. 
The usual height of the llama, from the 
^*'ound to the top of the back, is from three 
^®®t and a half to four feet, but it sometimes 
^^ceeds the latter ; and Molina states that in 
instances the animal stands as high as a 
^aderate-sized horse. In general aspect the 
llama has been usually compared with the 
and so close is the resemblance, that 
years since an individual of the domes- 
breed was fitted with a pair of horns and 
^'^stained the part of a stag in a hunt, at one 
those exhibitions of animal performers for 
