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PACO* 
severities of winter oblige him to descend into the 
plains of Chili and Peru. 
A full grown guanac.Q is about seven feet in 
length, and four feet three inches in height. His 
ears resemble those of a horse. His tail is formed 
like a stag's. The upper parts of his body are 
tawny ; the lower white. He has no protuberance 
on his breast, no bunch on his hack. His fore 
feet are longer than those behind. He moves with 
a sort of leaping pace. 
Tins species are gregarious. On the summits 
of the Cordilleras, they often assemble in flocks 
of several hundreds. They are stronger, more ac- 
tive, and nimbler than the llama. Although in 
a state of liberty, they are not secure from the per- 
secution of mao. The value of their fleeces, 
which are rather long smooth hair than wool, 
renders there an object , of profit to the Indian 
hunter. When he surprises them in places of easy 
access,' he cannot fail of being successful in the 
chaee. But give them time to escape among the 
precipitous cliffs, which are their favouite haunts; 
and both men and dogs must desist in disappoint- 
ment from the pursuit. When young it is pur- 
sued with dogs, and when old caught with nooses. 
The flesh of the young animals is excellent, and 
that of the old is preserved with salt. They seem 
incapable of subsisting in either a warmer climate, 
or a thicker atmosphere, than that of the ele- 
vated region in which they at present abound. 
Paco. 
Besides the llama, the Indians, before the ar- 
rival of the Spaniards in South America, had 
domesticated no other animal but the paco. 
The paco, in shape nearly similar to the llama. 
