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Updated: May 6, 2025
The beasts, however, seemed not a bit inclined to stir, and we had no remedy for it but to wait patiently, or throw them and our luggage over the precipice. As I looked up and saw the huge boulders of rock which hung above our heads, appearing as if the touch of a vicuna's hoof would send them rushing down to overwhelm us in their fall, I certainly did feel anxious to get out of their way.
Of course everybody in those parts possesses one, as everybody in England or the United States must have a great coat; but the ponchos of the poorer classes of Peruvians the Indian labourers, shepherds, and miners are usually manufactured out of the coarse wool of the llama. Only the `ricos' can afford the beautiful fabric of the vicuna's fleece.
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