British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . een involved in this way. I haveheard from a London merchant—a Mincing Lane man ofthe old stamp so delightfully portrayed in Vice Versa,—of the great difficulty that was experienced in obtain-ing from Brazil the seeds of rubber trees for the plant-ing of tentative groves in the East. But this, from a commercial point of view, seems rea-sonable enough compared with this prohibition of ani-mal export. For in this latter, no competition was in-v
British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . een involved in this way. I haveheard from a London merchant—a Mincing Lane man ofthe old stamp so delightfully portrayed in Vice Versa,—of the great difficulty that was experienced in obtain-ing from Brazil the seeds of rubber trees for the plant-ing of tentative groves in the East. But this, from a commercial point of view, seems rea-sonable enough compared with this prohibition of ani-mal export. For in this latter, no competition was in-volved, and it is difficult to see how the mere presenceof a young llama in Sidney could effect its fathers wel-fare in Bolivia! Or, even that of its fathers master—in which after all lies the crux and the human elementof the situation! Perhaps it was some such views as these latter whichstrengthed Mr. Ledgers already strong personal interestin the scheme. Perhaps he argued to himself that if acoach and four could be driven through any act of theBritish parliament, surely a flock of llamas and vicunascould be coaxed through a Bolivian By-law!. OLD PRINT OF THE LLAMA AND INDLVNS
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