CAME L. 
^uclion of mules *, they were ufed by the In¬ 
dians to plow the land; that at prefent they ferve to 
carry burthens of about ioolb. that they go with 
great gravity, and, like their SpaniJJo mailers, no¬ 
thing can prevale on them to change their pace. 
They lie down to be loaden; and when wearied, 
no blows can provoke them to go on. Feuillee fays ? 
they are fo capricious, that if Itruck, they inftantly 
fquat down, and nothing but carelfes can induce 
them to rife. When angry, have no other method 
of revenging injuries than by fpitting, and they can 
ejaculate their faliva to the dillance of ten paces ; 
if it falls on the Hein, it raifes an itching and a 
reddilh fpot. Their flefh is eaten, and faid to be 
as good as mutton. The wool has a Hrong -dis¬ 
agreeable fcent. They are very fure-footed; there¬ 
fore ufed to carry the Peruvian ores over the rug- 
gedeft hills and narrowed; paths of the Andes. They 
inhabit that vail chain of mountains, their whole 
length, to the flraits of Magellan \ but, except 
where thofe hills approach the fea, as in Patagonia , 
never appear on the coafts. Like the camel, they 
have powers of abftaining long from drink, fome- 
times for four or live days : like that animal’s, their 
food is coarfe and trifling. 
As every domeltic animal has, or had its fcock 
or origin in a wild Hate, we believe the Llama and 
the Guanaco to be the fame. The Llama is de¬ 
ferred as the iargeft of the two domeltic animals 
the Peruvians haye ; for, except that, they knew no 
* Ovalle 44. 
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