| 单词 | guanaco |
| 例句 | When she finally manages to fell a guanaco, more than just her children cheered. New BBC nature documentary series tackles global change 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z It was a blustery day, and our Jeep bumped along the coast, a handful of statuesque guanacos watching us from a rocky overhang. Bahia Bustamante: Argentina?s Secret (and Private) Answer to the Galapagos 2011-03-04T19:59:37Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest A herd of guanacos in the Chacabuco valley New hiking trails and biking routes are being finished, too, making this wild piece of land closer in spirit to a US national park. Patagonia’s controversial new national park 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Herds of guanacos graze by the roadside, the alpha males standing watch from rocky outposts. Patagonia’s controversial new national park 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Anyway, he doesn't get one this time, the guanacos are spooked by something and scarper. TV review: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World; Wallander 2012-08-12T21:00:01Z No, because that would make those other animals, the ones the cat is stalking, a herd of miniature pygmy guanacos, and I'm pretty sure they don't exist. TV review: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World; Wallander 2012-08-12T21:00:01Z A guanaco is a bit like a llama. TV review: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World; Wallander 2012-08-12T21:00:01Z The dry, grassy terrain of Argentina’s Chubut province doesn’t seem to change, except for the occasional herds of sheep and roaming gangs of wild horses, guanacos and pumas. Searching for the remote: Cabo Raso, Patagonia’s coastal ghost town 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Black lizards covered with white speckles, known as lagartijas Magallanicas, skittered across the ground, and the desiccated corpse of a guanaco, a wild grazer related to the llama, baked beneath the sun. In Chilean Patagonia, Following a Track to the End of the World 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z A guanaco watches from the ridge above as we reach the 3,260m top of the trail and start our hike through a remote, silent valley. Head in the clouds in Salta, Argentina 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The debate intensified in September 2022 after the government approved a plan by the province of La Pampa to import 45 guanacos to its Luro reserve, which already hosts a few dozen translocated guanacos. Plans to ‘rewild’ Argentina spark fierce scientific debate 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In some parts of the region, the domestication of camelids such as llamas, guanacos, and alpacas for meat and later wool may have begun as early as 7400 BCE. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In older layers of the guano, genetic traces of native animals such as guanacos—the wild descendants of local llamas—and beached marine creatures dominate. 2200-year-old pile of excrement provides window into condors’ past 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z He pointed out wild llama-like guanacos grazing on the steppe, a gray fox running across the road, and caracara falcons perched on the fence posts. Going all in on adventure in Patagonia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Maras and desert-dwelling penguins are featured and baby guanacos are shown taking their first steps. What's on TV Saturday: Billie Eilish on 'Saturday Night Live'; 'A Royal Queens Christmas' 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z ReWilding Argentina is providing logistical support to the effort, which some conservationists hope will open the door to translocating guanacos even farther north, to Argentina’s Impenetrable National Park. Plans to ‘rewild’ Argentina spark fierce scientific debate 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z But centuries before it became an imperial city, it was a relatively modest agricultural community where the predecessors of the Inca farmed potatoes and maize and raised llamas and guanacos. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The pits also held bone fragments of Andean deer and camelids, such as vicuña or guanaco. Woman the hunter: Ancient Andean remains challenge old ideas of who speared big game 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z This antibody is a genetic characteristic llamas share with all camelids, the family of mammals that also includes alpacas, guanacos and dromedaries. Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Seven Worlds, One Planet A new episode of this nature series travels to South America, where pumas in the Andes stalk a llama-like creature called the guanaco and rarely seen bears forage for mini avocados. What's on TV Saturday, Feb. 1: 'This Old House: Paradise' on PBS 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z And they question whether translocated guanacos, which are adapted to Patagonia’s harsh environment, will thrive in their new homes, which have different ecosystems. Plans to ‘rewild’ Argentina spark fierce scientific debate 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Similar to a llama, guanaco are handy for their fur and not without their charm. Seven Worlds, One Planet: The stars of the show 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z When Conservación Patagónica – the NGO she helped found – bought the land that became this park, the guanaco population was struggling to compete for food and space with an estimated 25,000 sheep. Can the world's largest rewilding project restore Patagonia's beauty? 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Grasslands dotted with guanacos, a cousin of the camel, give way to sprawling steppes and forests, deep-blue waterways and majestic snow-capped mountains at the doorsteps of breathtaking ice fields. With 10 Million Acres in Patagonia, a National Park System Is Born 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z “And the animal never spit on us, and it was a very sweet, gentle guanaco,” she said. Love of llamas becomes way of life for South Texas family 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Among the unanswered questions were whether guanacos had actually once lived in the park, and how climate change might affect the long-term viability of a new population. Plans to ‘rewild’ Argentina spark fierce scientific debate 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In the animal kingdom, a guanaco is an animal that looks like a llama with fuzzy brown fir and a gray face. 7-person, 3-generation family ensemble takes Indiana stage 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Even the lone survivor, the llamalike guanaco, experienced an extreme population crash at that time, the genetic effects of which are still detectable in its DNA. Rising temperatures and humans were a deadly combo for ancient South American megafauna 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Dishes include guanaco, a Llama-like animal that roams Patagonia, served with Chilean guava, a red berry. Chef Jars Chile With His ‘Landscape Cuisine’ 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Or perhaps they trailed the herds of wild guanacos that still descend along spurs of the Andes nearly to the ocean shore. The first South Americans: Extreme living 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Residents here generally abhor eating guanaco, so most of the butchered guanaco meat is exported to Europe. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Because of their history as pack animals, guanacos are seen as hard workers. 7-person, 3-generation family ensemble takes Indiana stage 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z On top of three new trails, the park-in-progress offers white-water rafting, fly fishing, and a chance to closely observe pink flamingos and guanacos, which look like llamas with camel necks and are innately comical. Patagonia Dreaming: Kris Tompkins Works to Build the Best National Park 2014-04-17T20:39:47Z An armored truck spraying water from mounted cannons — called a guanaco, for the llamalike Andean animal that spits — rolled toward the . Camila Vallejo, the World?s Most Glamorous Revolutionary 2012-04-05T21:31:06Z Of the animals a sportsman could find there the first in point of numbers is the guanaco. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The guanacos often gaze at approaching vehicles before sprinting away across the steppe. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Maria gave me a very large bezoar stone, that was taken from the stomach of a guanaco. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The guanaco, or alpaca, is another species of this animal, and the vicunia a third. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Two paddles were made by lashing two bladebones of the guanaco to sticks. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Along the Rio Santa Cruz he found the ground under the brush actually heaped up with the bones of the guanaco. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z “The guanaco is a treasure of Patagonia that brings a sense of wonder to people who are fortunate enough to see it,” he said. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Had we been so fortunate as to meet them here, we might have procured, perhaps, a regular supply of guanaco meat. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The guanaco is as large as the llama, and bears a fleece of long and coarse wool. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z At last we got off, but discovered only a lone guanaco in a hollow between the hills. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The old male guanaco with a herd of females to defend will fight when a panther attacks him unless the attack is immediately fatal. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Throughout it all, the guanacos, one of the main sources of food for the Selk’nam, persisted in Tierra del Fuego and other parts of Patagonia. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The result was, a present of two mantles, one new, of guanaco skin, and the other well worn, of zorillo skin, besides two or three skins of the puma. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Our travellers saw no guanacos, but now and then, in crossing the mountains, caught a glimpse of the wild and shy vicunia. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z A third was cracking the bones of a guanaco, that her son Cohanaco might eat the marrow. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z A curious kind of ball accumulates in the stomach of the guanaco. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z “Enormous numbers of guanaco haunt these grim plateaus,” the British explorer H. Hesketh-Prichard wrote in “Through the Heart of Patagonia,” a 1902 book in which he describes no-holds-barred hunting for guanacos. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z When we visited them the next day, they were quite recovered, and gave us some guanaco meat, which had been brought in that morning. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The chief enemies of the guanaco are the Patagonian Indians and the puma, as it forms the principal food of both. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Others pursue the guanaco with equal success, till they are satisfied with their booty. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z In form and habits the guanaco is a very interesting beast. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z “We’re convinced this is good policy after guanacos recovered in numbers since the 1970s.” In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z During this day's barter we procured guanaco meat, sufficient for two days' supply of all hands, for a few pounds of tobacco. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The body was rolled in a guanaco robe and laid to rest, the clods were heaped in, and snow put over these. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z We continued our wanderings the next day in a westerly direction, slaying every living creature that came within reach, from a skunk to a guanaco. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z One may as well ask the first question of an Indian or of a guanaco feeding in a gully. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z As recently as the 1970s, only a few thousand guanacos were thought to remain on Tierra del Fuego’s main island, an area larger than Belgium, after widespread poaching. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z When we next went on shore we found several Indians arrived, and divided into three groups, with mantles, ostrich-feathers, skins, and joints of guanaco meat displayed for sale. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Most of these were the feeding-grounds for vast herds of guanacos and of wild horses. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z On the river banks a few stray guanacos were cropping the scanty, rank grass, while others, with their young, were lying on the sunny slopes of the sand-hills. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z But the Onas often kill the guanaco by surrounding a bunch and running them down. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z As herds of nonnative sheep expanded in Patagonia, the number of guanacos plummeted, reaching a current level of only about 500,000, said Cristóbal Briceño, an expert on guanacos at the University of Chile. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z One woman was covered with a guanaco mantle; another merely wore a seal-skin over her back and shoulders, which, while she crouched in the canoe, was sufficient to cover her person. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z We sat beside the fire of roots on our guanaco skins for the night was not warm. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The carcass of a guanaco, just killed by the dogs, was picked up in time to afford a sensible alleviation of suffering, and to replenish our rapidly wasting stock of provisions. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z They began to learn how to hunt the guanaco and the ostrich that roamed over the desert. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The authorities allowed as many as 4,125 guanacos to be killed this year. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Where they got the guanaco skins was a question not easy to answer. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The former had commenced to sing, the latter had grown unusually active; guanacos had been in search of tender herbage, pumas had been in search of the guanacos. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z We landed on the south shore, and succeeded in discovering and bringing down a solitary guanaco. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z However, with his guanaco, his ostrich, and his panther meat, with his mat� cup after, and his pipe after that, the gaucho is contented, if not entirely satisfied. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Still, tensions run high over the hunting of guanacos, herbivores that eat everything from cacti to lichens and fungi. In Chile, an Animal Whose Numbers Please No One 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z This discovery gave an answer to the question about the guanaco skins and bones found among the Fuegians, but made me less sanguine of finding a passage northward through the interior of the country. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Then they squatted on a guanaco skin, Jeeka holding his wife’s hand in his lap, and both looking so pleased and happy. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The old hag threw down from the top of one of the stakes that supported the tent the quarter of some animal; whether dog, guanaco, or whatever, was past imagining. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The skin of a guanaco stretched over a hoop or bowl makes a drum. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The former he preferred: it quitted his hands like stone from a sling, next moment the llama or guanaco was down; there was no dragging, no cruelty. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z Approaching a flat-topped bluff, covered with grass, I saw a large guanaco, and just afterwards a whole herd feeding, for which he seemed to be doing the duty of a sentinel. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Oh, those good guanaco mantles, what a blessing they are now! Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Again we took up the line of march, travelling, as near as I could judge, west-north-west, and killing a quantity of game, both guanaco and ostrich. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The milky-way is the path of the guanaco, and the clouds of Magellan are the guanaco wallowing places, while Mars is the carancho, a conspicuous, eagle-like vulture common on the desert. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Queerly enough, the women brought with them a baby or little guanaco, which they led by a string. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z Several of our people were employed in gathering cranberries, and preserving them for future use; they are anti-scorbutic, as well as the wild celery, much of which has been used with our guanaco soup. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Night had quite fallen before we left the lake side, for we had to go right back to the places from which our horses had stampeded for our guanaco mantles. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The skins of young guanacos are selected for mantles, on account of the superior fineness and softness of the hair. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z It takes a good many people to draw a circle around a bunch of guanacos in an open desert. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Vicuna is a species of long-necked sheep native to South America, bearing some resemblance to the guanaco, but the fur is shorter, closer and much finer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The anchorage outside might be more convenient for procuring guanaco meat from the Indians than Gregory Bay, but it is exposed to winds between W.S.W. and S.S.E. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The menu, I remember, included horse, puma, guanaco, skunk, armadillo, eggs, fish of every sort, and yerba maté. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The hunting of the guanaco is not only their chief reliance for food, but a spirited amusement, conducted after a fashion peculiar alike to hunters and hunted. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z It has a frame of forks and ridgepoles, and is covered with guanaco skins. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The first two are domesticated, guanacos and vicu�as are wild, though they all belong to the same family. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The bones and traces of guanacoes were numerous, and some horses' tracks were found; as also part of a dead guanaco, which appeared to have been a prey to wild beasts. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The former brought in the flesh of the guanaco, the ostrich, the armadillo, and even the skunk. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Presently a thickness is perceived in the air, and a cloud of dust arises,—a sure indication that a herd of guanacos has been beaten up, and is now approaching. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z It has 5000 tons of wheat to carry from the colony every year, besides some small packages of ostrich feathers, guanaco skins, and products of Indian workmanship. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z There were the lizards and the guanacos and the numerous birds, the elephant seals they’d watched from a cliff top, the males fighting over a female that lay on its side, clueless or, rather, helpless. Kate Walbert: “M&M World.” 2011-05-23T04:00:00Z A living female guanaco was brought home in the Adventure, and placed in the garden of the Zoological Society. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z I awake to find myself lying on the log-house floor on a couch of guanaco skins. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Their mode of dealing with the carcass of the guanaco is enough to dissipate whatever appetizing qualities the meat—in itself very palatable—would otherwise possess. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z My first view of the guanaco was from the companionway of the steamer in which I coasted the land. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Indeed, wild life was not plentiful, although we saw ostriches—the South American rhea—and there was an occasional guanaco, or wild llama. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The timely supply of guanaco meat had certainly checked the scurvy, for we had no new cases added to the number of the sick, now amounting to twenty. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The bridle is also of guanaco skin, and the bit of wood and thong. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The water-courses and depressions of the shingly steppts afford pasturage sufficient for the guanaco, and in places support a thorny vegetation of low growth and starved appearance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" To the Indian, however, the guanaco is the mainstay of life. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The llama and alpaca were domesticated long before the discovery of America, but the guanaco and vicu�a are found in a wild state only. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The return of the Beagle cheered our ship's company, and on the 30th the Adelaide came back, with a large quantity of guanaco meat, which had been procured from the Patagonian Indians at Peckett's Harbour. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Our seats were our huge, gown-like guanaco mantles, which by and by would serve us for blankets, when we lay down to sleep on our couches of withered grass. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Of the indigenous fauna, the tapir of the north and the guanaco of the west and south are the largest of the animals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Down the two go in a heap, and then the panther tears open the neck of the guanaco and drinks the hot sweet blood that gushes out. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The guanaco is hunted for its skin, which, when dressed, makes an attractive rug or robe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" We collected the guanaco meat they had brought for us; distributed a few parting presents, and then returned on board. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Here were steak of guanaco, and stew of horseflesh—one of our pack animals had broken a leg the day before, and we were wise to make use of him—and here were roast ducks. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z In Peru and Chili," says Humboldt, "the region of the grasses, which is at an elevation of from 12,300 to 15,400 feet, is inhabited by 635 crowds of lama, guanaco, and alpaca. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Then it was observed that the desert plains above the upper parts of the inhabited valley swarmed with guanacos as the desert plains of New Mexico once swarmed with antelopes. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The slaughter of the guanaco and vicu�a is rapidly diminishing their number. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" When off Elizabeth Island, I despatched the Beagle to Pecket's Harbour to recall the Adelaide, in which Lieutenant Graves had been sent to procure guanaco meat. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z At this moment a herd of guanacos was sighted. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The guanaco, a quadruped allied to the lama and with some resemblance to the camelopard, is found in considerable numbers. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 It was rightly argued that sheep could live where the guanaco did. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The guanaco is supposed to be the original type, is the largest of the four, and has the greatest range from Peru to Tierra del Fuego. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" As the guanaco is not carnivorous, it may have been in playfulness: Reynard, however, by his speed, and anxiety to escape, did not seem to think it an amusement. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z In less than an hour, we were all curled up in our toldo or kau, wrapped in our good guanaco robes, and fast asleep. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z These latter, and the guanaco, give me a wide berth now. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure He also noticed that when a guanaco was wounded by a bullet it immediately headed for the river. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z “Didn’t he tell you that they were all going guanaco hunting?” Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 While standing into the bay, we were amused by a chase of a novel description: a guanaco was observed following a fox, which had much difficulty in keeping his pursuer at a distance. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Castizo says about all a man wants is a guanaco robe and a gun, with a horse or two, and there you are.” Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Away up among the beetling crags and in the deep, gloomy caverns we had to stalk the guanacos as the Swiss mountaineer stalks the chamois. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure To escape the cold storms the guanacos seek the shelter of the bushes. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z From him Stephen learned all the particulars of Simeon’s disappearance, though the last home letter dispatched by the poor fellow, on the eve of the guanaco hunt, covered the first part of the story. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 The woman, who appeared to be about fifty years of age, was seated astride upon a pile of skins, hung round with joints of fresh guanaco meat and dried horse-flesh. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Besides, we were not in the very best of hunting countries yet, though we saw several herds of guanaco, and a good many ostriches. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Once, I remember, Archie had leapt from his horse and was making his way through a patch of bush on the plains, in pursuit of a young guanaco which he had wounded. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The guanaco has no effective defence against the assault of a panther save in flight. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z It was then that they proposed the guanaco hunt to the officers of the ship; their own visit to the Straits being simply in pursuit of game. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Our passengers frequently pointed to them, telling us that they were made by Maria, who had brought plenty of guanaco meat for us. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z We had to stop two hours here, so Jill and I, with Mrs Coates, went on shore to see the giants, and buy guanaco skins for our friends at home. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z So, wrapped in our guanaco robes—the benefit of which we felt now—my brothers and I slept sweetly and deeply till the sun once more rose in the east. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The guanaco is the panther's staple food, but horses, sheep, and young cattle are all liked by it. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The men were of medium size, and not bad looking, and for the most part dressed in loose-fitting mantles of guanaco skins, stained bright red. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Another peculiarity of the guanaco is, the habit of resorting to particular spots for natural purposes. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Had he possessed a score of hands they would have shaken them all, while the pretty children who could not reach high enough must catch and kiss the border of his guanaco robe. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Our beds were the hard ground, with a rug and guanaco robe, our saddles turned upside down making as good a pillow as any one could wish. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Equally necessary are the quillangos, the great fur robes made by sewing together the skins of young guanacos. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z There was a shelf running round the room furnished with photographs, and a sofa covered with a guanaco rug. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir Mr. Bowen shot a guanaco; and being at a distance in shore, unable to procure assistance, he skinned and quartered it with his pocket-knife, and carried it upon his shoulders to the boat. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z “Let us tether the guanaco lamb to the bank, and stand by with our guns.” Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Before enshrouding himself in his guanaco mantle he drew on a huge waterproof canvas sack and fastened it tightly round his chest. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure For beds they have cushions made of coarse blankets stuffed with guanaco wool, and they know the comfort of pillows, which are made of soft skins stuffed with guanaco hair. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z They found no game, but they saw a few guanacos too far off for a shot; they were, however, able to catch some large hares, which were not difficult to secure. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century As more time could not be spared we went on board, reminding the natives, on leaving them, of their promise to bring us some guanaco meat. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Another dish was to be a mash of ostriches’ eggs, which, well salted and peppered and mixed with a morsel of guanaco suet, is food fit for a hungry king. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z On a little peak down beneath, and not a hundred yards away, stands one of the noblest guanacos I have ever seen. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure But, like the antelope, the guanaco is full of curiosity. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The latter two kinds were tame,—in fact, they were under the charge of Guapo's friend the shepherd, whereas the herds of vicuñas and guanacos consisted of wild animals. Popular Adventure Tales The guanaco, by some supposed to be the llama in its wild state, is found on the eastern side of Tierra del Fuego. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Who made the horses at first, the guanaco and the ostrich? Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Yes—no, no; hurrah! hurrah! yonder he lies, stark and still, on the very rock on which he stood—my first guanaco! Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The big guanacos, the tiny rodent, half a dozen different kinds of mammals, besides birds, all live without water. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The latter two kinds were tame,—in fact, they were under the charge of Guapo’s friend the shepherd; whereas the herds of vicuñas and guanacos consisted of wild animals. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon They are a hunting tribe, the guanaco being the chief object of their pursuit and source of subsistence. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure We were now in a splendid hunting district; herds of guanacos had been seen, with innumerable ostriches, besides animals of various kinds. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z There were times when we wandered too far away in pursuit of the guanaco, the puma, jaguar, or even the ostrich, which we found feeding on plains at no great distance from our camp. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure A gaucho, who had guided an English hunter from Punta Arenas up into the cordillera, said one shot of the Englishman's rifle one day killed over a hundred guanacos in this way. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z At one view—one coup d’oeil—they beheld the whole four species of the celebrated camel-sheep of the Andes; for there are four of them,—llama, guanaco, alpaco, and vicuña! The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Enough, also, of the guanaco meal to last them for a much longer voyage than they hope to have the necessity of making. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure We soon, however, noticed herds of guanaco here and there, and scared looking, strangely bewildered ostriches. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Bombazo calls it bitterly 113 cold, and my aunt has distributed guanaco ponchos to us, and has adorned herself with her own. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The guanaco comes to the decoy by starts and hesitating runs, but it comes, and so meets its death. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z When any guanacos chance to be mixed up with the herd, the result is likely to be very different. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Southern Patagonia has immense numbers of guanacos, or wild llamas. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The guanacos stampeded, the birds fled hither and thither, but were turned with yells and shouts wherever they went. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z As yet, however, we had not come in contact with the guanaco, although some had been seen at a distance. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure I saw one of them deliver an armful of rugs made of guanaco skins to one of the dealers. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z When we go farther south, in the direction of Patagonia, we find other tribes who subsist principally upon the guanaco, the vicuña, and the rhea or South-American ostrich. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Occasionally they kill their horses for food, but their chief reliance for both food and clothing is the guanaco. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Not, however, when a guanaco appeared in the clearing not far off, and had a long-necked look at us. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Moncrieff sticks to the Highland plaid, but the sight of a guanaco poncho to old Jenny does, I verily believe, make her the happiest old lady in all the Silver Land. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure There were fish in the sea and guanacos on the land. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I saw the guanacos run for a dark-looking cleft between two mountain spurs. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire He was probably a guanaco or llama, commonly known as the Peruvian sheep. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold They think no more of killing a white man than they do of sending an arrow through the heart of a guanaco. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Old Jenny is in an easy-chair and buried to the nose in her guanaco robe. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure He wore a single guanaco or sealskin across his shoulders, holding it in place by thongs that crossed his breast. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Noble game are these guanacos—large fine animals—noble game as the red deer himself. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The natives of Patagonia make up many robes of the guanaco and vicuna, dressing the skins and sewing them together with sinew. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Our tent was not of guanaco skins, like that of the Indians who accompanied us on this expedition. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z He has done more riding to-day than any of us, and made many a long d�tour in search of that guanaco which he has hitherto failed to find. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The ribs, rails, and beams were lashed in place by sinew, usually guanaco sinew, for that curious animal is found on several islands of the Yahgan region. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The guanacos are dwellers among the rocks, and are most at home when bounding from cliff to cliff, and ledge to ledge. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire They make an excellent camp blanket as light and warm as the malodorous, hairy rabbit skin robe of Hudsons Bay, and no Patagonian ranch house bed is complete without its guanaco coverlet. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration Both were warmly clad, and both wore guanaco mantles, the very garments we had purchased at Sandy Point. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z A kind of brotherly rivalry takes possession of me, and I cannot help wishing that the first guanaco would fall to my rifle. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure The guanaco was knocked down and stunned by heavy round pebbles at ranges up to one hundred yards. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Once he had approached a flock of vicuñas disguised in the skin of a guanaco, and killed most of them before they thought of retreating. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire We were soon up to the guanaco I had hit. A Voyage round the World A book for boys He shudders slightly now and draws his guanaco mantle closer about him, gazes once more around as if taking his bearings, then rides slowly on. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z In the evening, just as we had returned from a most successful guanaco hunt, we found Donaldson's uncanny creature coming along the path. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure On the east coast the natives, as we have seen, have guanaco cloaks, and on the west they possess sealskins. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z My host was more than satisfied with his day’s work, and promised me a guanaco hunt for the morrow.” The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire He had singled a guanaco out of the herd, and marks of blood on the grass showed that it had been wounded. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Then the cliffs burst into a fusillade of echoes, and the guanacos leaped wildly up the mountain-side, leaving one of their number on the rocks behind them. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America The vicuña and guanaco also do not work in the service of man. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The eye involuntarily seeks for farm-house and barn, while the sight of the red-haired guanaco makes the scene all the more pastoral, for the wild beasts seem in that picture very like domestic animals. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The herd of guanacos succeeded in making their escape, and without compromising the success of the hunt. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire First, however, we had to go and mark the place more distinctly where we had left my guanaco. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Pedro pointed to a spot about seven or eight hundred yards distant, where a group of guanacos stood gazing at the intruders with profound attention. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America They used the wool of llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People I afterward saw guanacos cantering over the hills unsuspicious of danger, and also fleeing toward a far country because certain that danger was near. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Seeing this, the hunter sprang to his horse, and calling his pack of curs after him, leaped over the rope fence and dashed forward after the guanacos. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire He was so intent on the prospect of a feast off the dead guanaco that he did not see us. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Beside it stood a loose horse with the carcass of a guanaco flung over it, and a Gaucho lad who was the hunter’s only attendant. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America The vicuñas and guanacos are the wild representatives of this family, and are also very abundant. Ranching, Sport and Travel With this uppermost in mind, I made haste on reaching Santa Cruz to ask the gauchos and other citizens for horses and a guide to the nearest guanaco cemetery, but they did not understand me. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Up to a very late period the guanaco was believed to be the llama in its wild state, and by some the llama run wild. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire I want just now to enjoy my slice of guanaco. A Voyage round the World A book for boys “There’s nothing like fresh mountain air,” exclaimed Lawrence, with a glow of enthusiasm, after the first attack on the guanaco steaks had subsided. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America Like the guanaco of South America, the wild stallion always dungs in one particular spot, near the watering-place, so that when hunting them we always looked out for and inspected these little hillocks. Ranching, Sport and Travel Why, then, do you say the guanaco does not go there to die, or to escape an imaginary evil? The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The guanaco is, perhaps, the least prized of the four, as its fleece is of indifferent quality, and its flesh is not esteemed. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire By the time we got up the guanaco was dead, and Old Surley was standing over him, looking wonderfully proud of his victory. A Voyage round the World A book for boys His only garments were a species of waistcoat and rough trousers of untanned guanaco hide. The Captain of the Kansas It may also be mentioned here that guanacos, like wild elephants and wild goats, have their dying ground, so to speak, where immense quantities of their bones are always found. Ranching, Sport and Travel The canine teeth of the guanaco make a bad wound, and it can kick like a mule, but the panther is so quick and strong that the struggles of its victims are always hopeless. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z In many parts of the Andes there are regular vicuña hunters, while, in other places, whole tribes of Peruvian Indians spend a part of every year in the chase of this animal and the guanaco. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire We looked about to discover the spot where we had left the guanaco. A Voyage round the World A book for boys They were clad in cloaks of the skin of the guanaco, a small kind of llama, and were about five feet ten in height, with broad shoulders and chests, but lean, disproportionate legs. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field The guanaco, or wild Llama, is the characteristic quadruped of the plains of Patagonia; it is the South American representative of the camel in the East. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. At times, however, the guanacos live in vast herds, and then all the older males remain on the higher knolls as sentinels. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I forbore firing, though I certainly deemed the guanacos within shot, but the hunter was thinking of the more precious skin of the vicuñas, and we passed on. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire We crowed over them, however, for they had not killed either a guanaco or a puma. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Among the northern Indians, each cast or small tribe is distinguished by the name of some animal; as the tribe of the tyger, the lion, the guanaco, the ostrich, and the like. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The guanacos appear to have favorite spots for lying down to die. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. They also eat unborn guanaco kids and unhatched ostriches. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Indeed the vicuña is more deer-like than any other animal except the antelope—much more so than its congeners the llama, alpaca, or guanaco. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire On we ran and clambered to get up with Old Surley and the guanaco, which was still struggling to get away. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Besides these, the country produced the guanaco, and the pudu, a species of wild goat, and a great variety of birds. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time In this part of the country they live altogether on the guanacos which have died a natural death, or, as more commonly happens, have been killed by the pumas. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. At all ages the color of the back shades into white on the belly, while in extreme old age the guanacos are said to turn almost white all over. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z It is not so easy getting near the guanaco. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire At all events, he dogfully played his part at the feast, and ate up with evident relish all the scraps of guanaco flesh which we gave him. A Voyage round the World A book for boys They are almost constantly on horseback, and their only shelter consists of toldos, or tents, made of the skins of the old guanacos, stretched across a few poles. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The guanaco is nearly as large as a cow, and has a head like a camel. Big People and Little People of Other Lands However, though the guanaco does not have a dying place, it has a lot of characteristics sure to interest those who are lovers of natural history. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I noticed a small band of guanacos springing over the plain. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire We then raised a mark near our guanaco as we had done before. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The guanaco is a kind of large deer, and it is said that the robes made from its skin are the warmest in the world. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months As the boys grow up, they soon learn to hunt; and then they go out with their fathers to hunt the guanaco and the ostrich. Big People and Little People of Other Lands It creeps up slowly on the guanaco herds, picks out a fat one, and then with quivering fur and flaming eyes it leaps at its victim. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I asked in my innocence, thinking that a fine herd of guanacos would be inclosed along with their cousins, and that ‘all were fish,’ etcetera. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire I do not know what our four-footed companion thought of it, but he certainly enjoyed the idea of catching a guanaco—so did we, indeed, more than anything else. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The ostrich rugs, which are made here, are more ornamental, though not so warm and light as the guanaco robes. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months They have also an animal, called guanaco or carneso de tierra, that is, sheep of the country, which very much resembles a camel, but not nearly so large. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Two mighty bounds, no more, no less, and it lands on the back of the guanaco, and with a sweep of its right paw it dislocates its victim's neck. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z He soon got directly in their rear, and signalling those who stood in front to separate and let the guanacos pass, he drove them out of the inclosure. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The guanaco, which is common throughout South America, was used by the ancient Peruvians, in great numbers, as a beast of burden. A Voyage round the World A book for boys It was cold, and he wrapped his poncho of guanaco- hide round his neck and head. Through the Brazilian Wilderness On the east coast the natives, as we have seen, have guanaco cloaks, and on the west they possess seal-skins. The Voyage of the Beagle These motions are something guanaco curiosity cannot resist. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L We found the first guanaco untouched, so we took his skin and some of the flesh. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Those of the main island, in which the Bay of Good Success lies, are able to kill guanaco, and enjoy a better climate. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World In the landscape of Patagonia, the guanaco replaces the gazelle, and the agouti the hare. The Voyage of the Beagle Their chief dependence for food is the guanaco that abounds in Tierra del Fuego and a prairie squirrel. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The best are made of the wool of the guanacos, a sort of llama. The Treasure of the Incas The bison and the musk-ox have never been reduced to a domestic state; the breeding of llamas and guanacos has not created the habits of pastoral life. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The alpaca, like its cousin, the llama, was probably domesticated by the early Peruvians from the wild guanaco, largest of the camels of the New World. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru Their only garment consists of a mantle made of guanaco skin, with the wool outside: this they wear just thrown over their shoulders, leaving their persons as often exposed as covered. The Voyage of the Beagle The Welshmen were starving on several occasions when the Indians came down the river and brought succor—guanaco, and ostrich, and panther meat in abundance, with skins for clothing. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Here he had the first sight of the guanaco of the Patagonian plains. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Their only clothing consists of skins of the guanacos loosely hung from the neck, and flapping over the naked and repulsive body. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations The guanaco still exists in a wild state and is always of uniform coloration. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru The guanaco, or wild llama, is the characteristic quadruped of the plains of Patagonia; it is the South American representative of the camel of the East. The Voyage of the Beagle The pelage of the young guanaco is a soft and beautiful fur—red on the back, like that of a Virginia deer, and shading into pure white underneath. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The only inhabitant of these heights is the guanaco, and with its shrill neighing it often breaks the stillness. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A pair of wild guanacos can often be seen or heard engaged in desperate combat, biting and tearing, and rolling over one another on the ground, uttering their gurgling, bubbling cries of rage. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations They were dressed in guanaco skins, and carried lances twenty feet long, knives, slings, bolas, and lassos, and, by their dexterity in the management of their horses, showed themselves to be accomplished riders. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant The guanacos appear to have favourite spots for lying down to die. The Voyage of the Beagle Most people would call the Patagonia guanaco skin robe or blanket the most valuable product of native industry. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The territory has about 12,000 leagues of worthless land—lava beds, etc., utterly barren—almost too poor to support a guanaco. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z In appearance the guanaco is the personification of gentleness. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations I mean this: the guanaco is only good for eating when it is killed in a state of rest. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant It would have been very hard work, had it not been for a well-beaten and straight path made by the guanacos; for these animals, like sheep, always follow the same line. The Voyage of the Beagle The long hair is sheared from the guanaco skin and twisted into threads, which are woven much as the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico weave their threads of wool. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Half the time the guanaco hears or smells its enemy in time to leap away in safety. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The shepherd life seems good for a time, in spite of the steady diet of mutton, with only an occasional change to guanaco meat, the ribs of a panther, or the wings of an ostrich. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Paganel had scarcely looked at it before he exclaimed, "A guanaco!" In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant The countless herds of horses, cattle, and sheep, not only have altered the whole aspect of the vegetation, but they have almost banished the guanaco, deer and ostrich. The Voyage of the Beagle One wonders how such a weapon could pierce a guanaco or a lone prospector, as they are said to do. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z While we lay in Rio Gallegos he rode out on the table-land one day with a man living there and killed three guanacos, using the bolas Indian fashion to bring them down. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z In this part of the country they live altogether on the guanacos which have died a natural death, or as more commonly happens, have been killed by the pumas. The Voyage of the Beagle The guanaco is also in his proper district, herds of fifty or a hundred were common; and, as I have stated, we saw one which must have contained at least five hundred. The Voyage of the Beagle In the road we saw great numbers of deer, and near the mountain a guanaco. The Voyage of the Beagle Of course, nobody went hungry or suffered for lack of absolute necessaries during that time, because the cattle, the guanacos, the panthers, and the ostriches supplied all things needful. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z There was not a tree, and, excepting the guanaco, which stood on the hill-top a watchful sentinel over its herd, scarcely an animal or a bird. The Voyage of the Beagle From having firewood, a smelting- furnace had formerly been built here: we found a solitary man in charge of it, whose sole employment was hunting guanacos. The Voyage of the Beagle We continued to ride over desert plains, tenanted by large herds of guanaco. The Voyage of the Beagle The guanaco is nearly the only warm-blooded quadruped, and it is found in quite inconsiderable numbers compared with the multitude of flies. The Voyage of the Beagle |
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