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this animal to the llama, it differs from it 
’Materially in disposition. The vicugna cannot 
tamed ; it inhabits the lofty mountain-peaks 
'’f Chili and Peru, where it feeds in herds upon 
short grasses, and preserves its freedom, 
shuns man, running away even when it de- 
®'^ries him at a great distance, so that it is only 
V regular hunting parties that its valuable 
''^ool can be obtained. 
The animal being as fleet as it is shy, and 
^’^equently inhabiting inaccessible mountains, 
'-He Indians go out in companies to hunt it. 
it is very difficult to get within gun-shot 
the vicugnas, the hunters encompass with 
l^^pes an extensive tract in which they discover 
H^rds of them feeding. To these ropes, which 
about the height of the neck of the animal 
the ground, they hang rags of a red or 
other glaring colour at certain distances. 
"Hliey then drive the vicugnas together by 
'Means of dogs trained for the purpose. The 
