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MAMMALIA. 
These animals are, however, very useful for the transportation of ! 
heavy weights across the mountains and over the difficult roads 
of the Cordilleras, on account of the wonderful sureness of their | 
footing. They walk very slowly, and can carry upwards of a i 
hundred and sixty pounds weight ; but they must not be hurried, 
for if violence is used to quicken their pace they are certain i 
to fall down, and refusing to get up, would allow themselves 
to be beaten to death on the spot rather than resume their 
course. 
The climate which this animal prefers is that of plateaux, , 
from 10,000 to 11,000 feet above the sea, and in these localities 
the most numerous herds of Llamas are to be found. The natives 
fold the domesticated ones, like Sheep, in special enclosures near 
their cabins. At sunrise they are set at liberty to seek their food, 
under the guidance of the old males. In the evening they return, 
