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The service of his table was gold and silver plate. His dress, which he often changed, was composed of the wool of the vicuna wrought into mantles, so fine that it had the appearance of silk. He sometimes exchanged these for a robe made of the skins of bats, as soft and sleek as velvet.
The best kind of ponchos are very expensive, being made from a particular part of the finest hair of the vicuña, hand-woven by women, in the province of Catamarca. The genuine article is difficult to get, even here. In the shops the price usually varies from 30l. to 80l.; but we were shown some at a rather lower price from 20l. to 60l. each.
Under that umbrella he had hunted tigers in the jungles of India under that umbrella he had chased the lion upon the plains of Africa under that umbrella he had pursued the ostrich and the vicuna over the pampas of South America; and now under that same hemisphere of blue gingham he was about to carry terror and destruction among the wild buffaloes of the prairies.
As they issued from the hut, a singular and interesting scene presented itself to their eyes. 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 vicuna! This was a rare sight, indeed.
The poncho of Don Pablo was a costly one, woven by hand, and out of the finest wool of the vicuña, for that is the native country of this useful and curious animal. Such a poncho would cost 20l., and would not only keep out cold, but would turn rain like a "macintosh." Don Pablo's hat was also curious and costly.
"Twenty-four sack suits, two riding-suits, one knicker, four evening suits, four dinner-suits, forty fancy waistcoats, sixteen evening waistcoats, four pairs riding-breeches, four motor-coats, three Vicuna overcoats, two ulsters. You don't think they're bluffing?" "Why should they bluff? They'll never discover how many suits they have. Now figure it up and tell me the bad news." Mr.
After this the prince was deemed worthy to sit in the councils of his father, and to serve under distinguished generals in time of war, and finally himself to carry the rainbow banner of his house upon distant campaigns. The Inca lived with great pomp and show. His dress was of the finest vicuña wool, richly dyed, and ornamented with gold and jewels.
This bleak land, up among the mountain tops of the Andes, as I have already said, is called the `Puna. "The Puna is the favourite haunt of the vicuna, and, of course, the home of the vicuna hunter.
The Inca asserted his claims as a superior being by assuming a pomp in his manner of living well calculated to impose on his people. His dress was of the finest wool of the vicuna, richly dyed, and ornamented with a profusion of gold and precious stones.
In several examples the body was of stout English wool, with a face of finest Australia, in some cases, of mohair, and, in one instance, a most beautiful article was produced by putting a face of vicuna on British wool. As at present conducted, the process of a woollen factory up to certain stages of machinery is the same as that of a cotton factory.
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