Through the heart of Patagonia . e conclude that the guanaco were inthat region unacquainted with man. The following is taken frommy diary while we were crossing the plateau : December 2Z.—To-day we saw great numbers of guanaco,many of which have in all probability never before beheld a humanbeing. They were about as tame as English park deer, allowingus to approach on foot to within seventy or eighty yards, and, inthe case of the old bucks, to within fifty yards. The females were,of course, much shyer. It was a beautiful sight to watch the greatherd leaping up and down the hillside and dashin
Through the heart of Patagonia . e conclude that the guanaco were inthat region unacquainted with man. The following is taken frommy diary while we were crossing the plateau : December 2Z.—To-day we saw great numbers of guanaco,many of which have in all probability never before beheld a humanbeing. They were about as tame as English park deer, allowingus to approach on foot to within seventy or eighty yards, and, inthe case of the old bucks, to within fifty yards. The females were,of course, much shyer. It was a beautiful sight to watch the greatherd leaping up and down the hillside and dashing through theoutcrop of black fragments of basalt. The bucks almost invariablykept betw^een us and their females. On some occasions, when Icame suddenly round a hill upon a herd, the old buck would gallop ATTITUDE OF WILD ANIMALS TOWARDS MAN 237 up between me and the herd and stalk along, uttering his peculiarneighing- cry. There were numbers of young guanacos amongthese herds. These very quickly attain considerable speed, and.
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