THE LLAMA. 151 
^hen this festival is over, they begin to train 
the animals to carry burdens. In this business 
they treat them with great indulgence, not 
striving them, but allowing them to take their 
^'vn pace ; and, as the llama is a gentle, intel- 
hgent, and docile creature, it soon learns to 
attend to the whistle and the guidance of its 
faster. 
Though it never gallops or trots, yet the 
pace of the llama is not slow ; at the same 
^iiue it is so easy and so sure footed, even in 
*'he mountains, that it is employed in prefer- 
^Hce for riding by females. 
The domestic guanaco is larger than the 
"'hd one ; being the only beast of burden found 
V the Spaniards in Peru, it soon became a 
favourite with them, not only for its utility, 
^tit for its solemn, slow, majestic, and steady 
gait. The puntera, or leader of a drove of 
loaded llamas, is generally an old one that 
^as been well broken ; his head is ornamented 
