 | James Rennie - 1839 - 346 lehte
...their shape, although they have not the hump on the back, like that animal. They can carry about a hundred pounds or more; and the Spaniards used to...leagues a day. When they are weary, they lie down on the ground ; and as there are no means of making them get up, either by beating or assisting them,... | |
 | 1849 - 428 lehte
...natives want water, 1 supply this they fill the skins of sheep with water, 30. — Tame Llama (white). and make other living sheep carry them, for it must...ride them, and they would go four or five leagues a-day. When they are weary they lie down upon the ground, and. ap there are no means of making them... | |
 | William Denton, Elizabeth M. Foote Denton - 1863 - 392 lehte
...common use as a beast of burden. Augustin de Zerate, in 1544, thus describes the llama in Peru : " In places where there is no snow the natives want...them, and they would go four or five leagues a day." Captain G. Shelvocke says of them, " The heads of these animals are small in proportion to their bodies,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 lehte
...the skins of sheep with water, and make other living sheep carry them ; for it must be remarked that these sheep of Peru are large enough to serve as beasts...ride them, and they would go four or five leagues a-day. When they are weary they lie down on the ground, and, as there are no means of making them get... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1863 - 432 lehte
...travellers, ' are of great use and profit to their masters. They are large enough to serve as l>easts of burden ; they can carry about one hundred pounds...them, and they would go four or five leagues a day. Their wool is very good and fine, particularly that of the species called pacas (alpacas), which have... | |
 | 1863 - 888 lehte
...masters. They are large enough to serve as beasts of burden ; they can carry about one hundred jxninds or more, and the Spaniards used to ride them, and they would go four or five leagues a day. Their wool is very good and fine, particularly that of the species called pacas (alpacas), which have... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 lehte
...sheep carry them ; for it must he remarked that these sheep of Peru are large enough to serve as beasta of burden. They can carry about one hundred pounds,...ride them, and they would go four or five leagues a-day. When they are weary they lie down on the ground, and, as there are no means of making them get... | |
 | James Johonnot - 1886 - 276 lehte
...the skins of sheep with water, and make other living sheep carry them ; for it must be remarked that these sheep of Peru are large enough to serve as beasts...either by beating or assisting them, the load must of necessitv be taken off. "When 225 there is a man on one of them, if the beast is tired, and urged to... | |
 | 1862 - 692 lehte
..." These animals," writes one of the travellers, "are if great use and profit to their masters. They are large enough to serve as beasts of burden; they...them, and they would go four or five leagues a day. Their wool is very good and fine, particularly that of the species called pacas (alpacas), which have... | |
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... these sheep of Peru are large enough to serve as beasts of burden. They can carry about one hundred pounds or more, and the Spaniards used to ride them, and they would go four or five leagues a day. 