ALPACA.
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Probably few ladies' who wear ana al


- the beautiful fabric called Alpaca.
&c a,yap no of the source oil its prodnction.
,rne Aipacca is a woolhearing animal IN


d,cenous TO South America, and IS one %
fo,r varieties, which bear general po'n'S
,r,ssa,nbl nee to each other The Lama.
one .of these varieties. has long been known


"a of,sn described; but it is only within
eew years that the Alpaca has ben consio


cred of sufficient importance 10 mei" pd'


,icuar notice. - ., !


Nine,enths ofthe wool otthe Alpaca =
,J.cL he r. tmainder being partly e,reo
ard u,ixzIed l. is OF very long staple. oi
IN, .acn,ne IL inches. and resembles soit
Glossy ha,r-whicn character is not lost oy
d,.;no The Indians IN the South Amer
-, ncuntaius manufacture nearly al inrh
.Ie,,h;no from this wool. and are enabl, t'
.nnea, In black dresses, without tne aio
he dyer. Both the Lama ana Aip'c''
are n.rhaps. even more valuable TO the ma
,;,.s ,s b+asts of burden than as woo'oea'
| inc animals. and the obstinacy OF oo'n Mne'
;,,;,a,,,d i, well known.-The impor,anc


this animal has been slready CONSIDERS
hy ,1e English in their hat. woo'i'n, an


,.g,,ad-' and an essay on the subject %


sssr published by DR.. Hamilton: Q: Lon
dom. from which some Of these ae'a''s a.
Corrected. h.;ro . i