. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. between the sheep, deer, and camel. 7387. Before the entrance of the Spaniards,lamas were the only beasts of burden known tothe South Americans. Like camels, they travelslowly, but are persevering, tractable, and verysure-footed. Since the introduction of mules,they are much less cultivated ; but before theywere depended on to carry the ores dug out
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. between the sheep, deer, and camel. 7387. Before the entrance of the Spaniards,lamas were the only beasts of burden known tothe South Americans. Like camels, they travelslowly, but are persevering, tractable, and verysure-footed. Since the introduction of mules,they are much less cultivated ; but before theywere depended on to carry the ores dug out ofthe rich mines of Potosi. The lama is furnishedas the camel with ability to abstain from water,by keeping a quantity in its second the camel, its feet also divide, and spread ;but by no means equal to those of the camel. Itis also furnished with a singular protuberance orspurbehind, which enables it the better to lay holdon the ground. The tame are of various colours,and some of them are smooth and others height of the lama is about four feet, andits length from the neck to the tail about sixfeet. It has a capacity of throwing out thesaliva to a considerable distance, but which isnot possessed of any acrid
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