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N THE LLAMA. The Horse's Substitute Among Dwellers in the Andes. He is a Faithful Beast, But Re sents Being Overloaded. To reach L Paz, the former seat of government and capital of Bolivia, says William E. Curtis in Youth's Companion, one must cross Lake Titicaca, that strange and bottomless sheet of water, one of whose islatds was the legendary Eden of the Incas, and around whose shores cluster the prehistoric cities which the brutal Spaniards destroyed. On this lake there is a steamer, at any rate that is what the people call it, although it would amuse a North American ship wright, and usually excites a nervous apprehension in the minds of timid trav elers, If one docs not care to board this unique craft, or if he wishes to depart from the regular route of travel and make a cruise among the ruined -cities of the Incas, he can hire what is called a balsa, a curious combination of raft, flat-boat and catamaran, which is pro pelled by a large sail made of skins and by long poles. Reaching the southern point of the lake therest of the journey, wherever one may be going, must be made on mule-back along the ancient highway of the Incas, which was constructed cen turies before the conquest, and is, per haps, the most remarkable of the many remains of that remarkable race. The Spaniards have not repaired it since they have had control of the country, more than 350 years, but it is still in a pretty good state of preservation, and is continually trodden by parties of travel ers, batallions of troops, and droves of llamas, often thousands in number,laden with the products of the forests and mines of Bolivia. As the camel is to the people of the deserts of Asia and Africa, so is the llama to those who dwell in the Andes, a faithful, patient and enduring beast, without which the inhabitants would be utterly heipless, for mules and horses can neither survive the climate nor climb the mountain trails. But the llamas one sees in Bolivia are as much unlike the animals shown in the zoological gardens, as the tiger in the jungles of India is unlike his name sake that growls and yawns in a circus cage. Their bodies are covered with a soft, thick gray wool like that of the merino sheep, their giraffe-like necks are proudly and gracefully curved, their eyes are large, lustrous, intelligent, and have an expression of constant inquiry. Their ears are shapely, and quiver con tinually like those of a high-mettled stallion, as if to catch the first sound of approaching danger. He carries his load of one hundred pounds of ore, or coca, or cinchona, or other merchandise up and down the pre cipitous pathways where no other beast of burden can go, and whete it is diffi cult for man to follow. But when he is . overloaded he resents it, and lies down. No amount of coaxing, or bullying, or beating can get him to his feet until the surplus is removed from his back, when he rises solemnly and marches off with his load. He will carry a hundred pounds but no more, and his cargo is packed in sacks or panniers, one-half on cither side. Therefore, all freight sub ject to this mode of transportation must be packed accordingly, and limited to 'packages of fifty pounds. When frightened, llamas always clus ter in groups, with their tails together and their heads out to meet the enemy, | and their only weapon of defence is their saliva, which, when angry, they squirt through their teeth in showers as ‘a Chinesc laundryman sprinkles his clothes. - A drop of this saliva, falling in the ear, or eye, or mouth, or on any part of _the body where the skin is broken, will instantly produce a most painful irrita tion, and often dangerous sores, like the venom of a serpent. The llama drivers keep away from tho heads of their an mals as carefully as a colored man from ;@%W% izw%fi” age, subsist upon almost anything in the shape of food and have as powerful di gestive apparatus as a goat oran ostrich. The droves of llamas are followed by queerly clad natives, who utter a singu lar sort of a whistle which the animals seem to understand and obey. One driver is usually sufficient for a hundred or so, for they nced no more attention than sheep, and travel night and day till they reach their destina‘ion, when they are relecased from their burdens and turned into corrals. In the:.e elevated regzions, as 1 have said, it is difficult for etiher horses or mules to exist, the air being too thin for them. Horses are seldom seen, and mules are kept only for the accommoda tion of travellers and their nostrils are split so as to make it easier for them to breathe. ; When a horse is brought into the high altitudes of the Andes the blood starts from his mouth, ears and nose, and men are often affected in the same way. The disease is known as “‘sir roche’ and sometimes is fatal. The natives, having been born and bred at this great elevation, are no more affected by the rarity of the atmosphere than the negroes of the Brazilian swamps are by the heat. A Tract of Gold Nuggets. One of the oldest and most respected citizens of El Paso, Texas, is Price Cooper, who lives in the ancient Pueblo of Ysleta, and has several times held local offices in the county, the last of which was Inspector of Hides and Ani mals. He has lived nearly all his life on the border, and has led the most ro mantic kind of life. He has recently revealed an incident in his history which is most interesting. He was once captured by the Apaches, who held him as a close prisoner in one of their camps, about 50 miles south of Janos, in the Sierra Madre, near the di viding line, between' the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. While there, he says, he saw the Apaches always have an abundance of coarse gold and nug gets, which they traded off to the Mexicans for such supplies and ammunition as they needed. One day he was taken along out of the camp, some seven or eight miles through an exceedingly rough country, to a wild gulch, where coarse gold was found in abundance in the gravel and sand of the dry -creek bottom. He assisted his captors in col lecting quite a quantity of it. Shortly afterward he succeeded in making his escape. This was many years ago, but he says that he still has a general remembrance of where the gulch is, Until the last band of hostiles under Geronimo were captured by General Miles, it was im possible to travel through that section of country; but now that it is perfectly safe, theold man thinks of making up a party to start from EI Paso and make a trip of re-discovery. Quite a number of people are willing to accompany him.— Globe- Democrat. ’ Indian Palki Bearers. Before railroads were built in India, the ordinary mode of rapid traveling was by the palki,”which was borne on ‘the shou.ders of four natives. The speed and endurance of the professional palki bearers are really remarkable. An English traveler of only a few years ago thus describes a journcy which he made in Bengal: “By half-past four in the afternoon I was at the entrance of the Patna bazaar, nine miles in length, and thirty-three miles from Barh. Thus they had brought me at an average rate of over four miles an hour, including a stoppage of over half an hour for their mid-day meal. It is true I was a light weight; but I once, with a friend, tried to carry an empty palki, and found it so galling to the shoulder that I could not get beyond a few yards, while these men, who lived on little eise than rice, could carry a loaded one over forty miles, at the rate mentioncd above.” A Common Occurrence. 1 Mr. 8.: I'm tired of thislife, I'm going to blow my brains out. Mrs. 8. (who has heard the same thing before): I wouldn't, if I were you, ‘ you never were successful -at small ta; gets.— Columbia Spectator. . .~ SR TRS R ORI bLt eTR R O Wife: Ny new bonnet came home intergienn; MG Malh o e ‘me to see Mrs, baker, to-night¢ ATes el s R T . Husban :%; ou want to sec Mrs. TR NN G S e IOE S NIX ATLANTA, GEORGIA. . s a 5 . 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