a species of the South American family of quadrupeds called Llama, the soft hairy wool of which is now largely employed in the fabrication of cloths of different sorts. There would appear to be three species of this family, the Guanaco or wild Llama; the Alpaca, which was domesticated as a beast of burden by the ancient Peruvians, and hence considered as the camel of the new world; and the Vicuna, a small species, chiefly valued for the softness of its fine wool. Some consider the paco a fourth species; but the descriptions of travellers are too indefinite to enable us to decide this point. The fleece of the alpaca is fine, long, and shaggy; and the animal exceeds much in size the other two.