alpaco

The alpaco is a domesticated animal, like the llama, but it is not used for carrying burdens.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

The alpaco is a domesticated animal, like the llama, but it is not used for carrying burdens.

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850

The "alpaco," or "paco," as it is sometimes called, is one of the most useful of the Peruvian sheep, and is more like the common sheep than the others.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

The "alpaco," or "paco," as it is sometimes called, is one of the most useful of the Peruvian sheep, and is more like the common sheep than the others.

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850

The Indians make blankets and ponchos of the alpaco wool.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

I allude to the llama and his co-genera the alpaco, the huanacu, and the vicuña.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

Its size is between that of the llama and the alpaco.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

The two first are kept as domestic animals; the llama perfectly, and the alpaco partially tame.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

The most valuable textures they weave are those produced from the wool of the vicuña and the alpaco.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

The flesh of the vicuna is excellent eating, and its wool is of more value than even that of the alpaco.

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850