. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. BEZOAR STONES 287 the town of IMiddelburg in Holland; it was purchased and pre- sented to the Emperor of Germany. Gesner gives a cnrious figure of it, representing the animal as a comparatively colossal beast submitting itself to the guidance of a dwarfish man. The habit of " spitting " of the Lama is well known. Augustin de Zarate and Buffon speak of the Lama as having no protection save this habit, which is more than a mere ejection of saliva : the contents of the. Fig. 149.—Lama. Lama huanacos stomach are forcibly shot at the object of its
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. BEZOAR STONES 287 the town of IMiddelburg in Holland; it was purchased and pre- sented to the Emperor of Germany. Gesner gives a cnrious figure of it, representing the animal as a comparatively colossal beast submitting itself to the guidance of a dwarfish man. The habit of " spitting " of the Lama is well known. Augustin de Zarate and Buffon speak of the Lama as having no protection save this habit, which is more than a mere ejection of saliva : the contents of the. Fig. 149.—Lama. Lama huanacos stomach are forcibly shot at the object of its annoyance. It can also kick and bite. In the intestines (as in those of some other mammals) are found Bezoar stones, or Bezards as they are variously spelt. These were once valued in medicine, and even so lately as 184T were, according to Gay, the historian of ChiH, in vogue; these concretions, comparable to the ambergris of the Whales, were supposed to be an antidote to poison. Extinct Camels.—The earliest cameloid type is the genus Protylopus} of which we are acquainted with an imperfect skull ^ See "VVortman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. x. , II. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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