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precipice of the mountain, the hunters are obliged 
to desist in their pursuit. 
Besides serving as a beast of burden, the llama 
affords various articles of no small utility to 
human life. His wool, though of a strong, dis- 
agreeable scent, is used as a material for cloth. 
It forms, likewise, so thick a covering on the ani- 
mal, that he needs not a saddle to protect his 
back under a load. His skin is of a very close 
texture ; and is accordingly made into shoes by 
the Indians, and used for harnesses by the Spa- 
niards, The flesh, especially of the young llama* 
is wholesome and of a pleasant taste. 
As our principal domestic animals, the horse* 
the ass, the sheep, and the goat, have, by the cares 
of the European settlers, been introduced into 
America ; so the llama has also been imported 
into Europe. But the climate of Spain, the coun- 
try into which he has been brought, has always 
proved too hot for this animal. Norway* Scotland* 
or the summits of the Alps or Pyrenees, might 
perhaps prove more favourable ; the temperature 
of these regions approaching nearer to the cold 
of the Andes. 
Guanaco. 
In form and manners the guanaco so nearly re- 
sembles the llama, that he has been viewed by 
some eminent naturalists, as merely a llama in a 
wild state. But as, besides various other distinc- 
tions of character, the guanaco, whether tame or 
wild, constantly refuses to associate with the llama* 
we cannot hesitate to rank these animals as distinct 
species. 
The guanaco inhabits that range of mountains 
in South America* called the Cordilleras* The 
