The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

THE LLAMA

The current number of the Foreign'Quarterly Review puts its
seal to the following affecting particulars respecting the Llama,
which it describes as authentic:—" The Llama is the only
animal associated with man, and undebased by the contract.
The Llama will not bear beating nor ill treatment. They go in
troops, au Indian walking a long distance a head as guide. If
tired they stop, and the Indian stops also. if the delay is great,
the Indian becoming uneasy, towards sunset, after all sorts of
precautions, resolves on supplicating the beasts to resume their
journey. He stands about 50 or 60 paces off, in an attitude of
humility, waves his hands coaxingly towards the Llamas, looks
at them with tenderness, and at the same time in the softest
tone, and, with a patience I never failed to admire, reiterates
ic-ic-is-ie. If
.the Llamas are disposed to continue their course,
they follow the Indian in good order, at a regular pace and very
fast, for their legs are extremely long; but when they are in ill
humour, they do not even turn their heads towards the speaker
—but remain quite motionless huddled together, standing or
lying down, and gazing on heaven with looks so tender, so me-
lancholy, that we might imagine these singular animals had
the consciousness of another life, of a happier existence. The
straight neck, and its gentle majesty, of bearing, the long down
of their always clean and glossy skin, their supple and timid
motions, all give them an air at once noble and sensitive. It
must be so, in fact ; for the Llama is the only creature employed
by man that he dares not strike.. It it happens (which is very
seldom) that an Indian wishes to obtain either by force or
threats what the Llama will not willingly perform, the instant
the animal finds itself affronted by word or gesture, he raises
his head with dignity, and without attempting to escape ill-
treatment by flight (the Llama is never tied or fettered,) he
lies down, turning his looks towards heaven. Large • tears flow
freely from his beautiful eves,' sighs issue from his breast, and in
half or three quarters of an hour at most he expires. Happy
creatures, who so easily avoid sufferings by death! Happy
creatures, who appear to have accepted life on condition of its
being happy ! The respect shown these animals by the Peru-
vian Indians amounts absolutely to superstitious reverence.
When the Indian loads them, two approach and caress the
animal, biding his head that he may not see the burthen on his
back. If he did, he would fall down and die. It is the same
in unloading. If the burthen exceeds a certain weight, the
animal throws itself down and dies. The Indians of the Cor-
dilleras alone possess enough patience and gentleness to manage
the Llama. It is doubtless from this extraordinary companion
that he has learned to die when overtasked."

ippi ag Enteitigenct.

TUESDAY, STAY 29.—Wind S. Fair.

Anatven.—Rochdale, Neverson, from St. Vincent—Alexander
Stewart, from Jam a ica—B itson, from Savanilla—Manchester,
—, from Savannah—Hilah, Hammond ; Aru-o, Farley, fin Natchez
—Dream, —, from New Orleans—Fatima, Fethers,"from Calcutta
—?willinge, Brandt from Copenhagen—Amalia and Courier, from
Danzig—Emanuel, from Stettin—Maria, fm Wolgast—Corinth, Smith,
from A palachicola—Marmora, Meyer, from Mobile—Frederick Wil-
lem, Basnett, from Copenhagen—Fate, Fierche, from Danzig—Alletta
Elizabeth, Voer, from Rotterdam.
SAlLED—Rebecea, Sayer, for Tampico—Mandarin, Donel, for New
Smith Wales—Jupiter, Ramsey, for Bombay—Rebetica, Pickance, for
St. John, N.B.—Pioneer, Davis, for Buenos Ayres.

Parker. Risien, hence, at Demerara
Suitt, Rogers, hence, at Put-au-Prince
Brot:fers, Hutchinson, hence, at ditto
Lancashire Lass, Norman, hence, at Smyrna
Flora; Temke, and Nyverheid. Levens, hence, at Flushing
Columbine. Brown, from St Domingo; at Antwerp
Queen of the South, Gilbert, hence, at Cuxhaven
Cleopatra. Stewart, from Bremen, at London
Intrepid, Stewart. hence at Demerara
cipsey, Harvey, from Callao at Valparaiso
Kate, Lofgren, from Buenos Ayres at ditto
Fanny Palmer; Easter, from Constantinople at Smyrna, the 31 inst.
Royal William, Rogers, frors ditto at ditto the 3d
Mary Walker, from Saros at ditto the sth
St Alexis, Killea, hence at Bergen
Micmac, Stephens, from Trieste, at Copenhagen,
Nyverheid, Lievens, hence, at Flushing.
Agatha, Schorr, hence, at Flelvoet.
Neptunus, Bakker hence. at ditto.
Superb. , hence, at Riga.
Reina, Voss, hence, at the Texel.
Maria and Anna, liagerdorn, hence, at ditto.
Ituna, Sanderson sailed from Valparaiso for Huasco 2nd Feb.
Gem. M`Kenzie. sailed from Smyrna for this port 2d instant.
Lady of the Lake. Munn, front Sierra Leone, at the Clyde.
Charles. Le Grand, from Rio de Janeiro, off Dartmouth.
Arab, M'Queen, hence, for St. Petersburg, at Longhope 12th inst.
The brig Martha, for this port, had returned to Sierra Leone leaky.;
after being eight days out. The colony was very unhealthy; the
shipping in Sierra Leone river suffering much from sickness.
Orient, hence for Philadelphia, was spoken in lat. 4t 0, lo,g. 49 0.
Wilton Wood, Russell, hence for Barbadoes, was spoken 25th March,
in hr. 2 S. long. 21.

Courier, hence for
.Calcutta, was spoken 26th March, in lat. 3 20 N,
long. 22 W.

Oriterspool, Dowr.e, from Calcutta for Liverpool, was spoken 16th
ult, in lat. 1 N, long. 22.
Merchant, Jordan, hence for New York, was spoken 23d instant, in
lat. 49. long. 8.
GUERNSEY, May 2L—The barque William, Moullin, belonging to
this island, arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Cette on the 17th of March,
after a passage of 70 days. On the Ist of Feb., when near to Madeira,
she fill in with the brig Brothers, of Whitehaven, White, with loss of
masts, rudder, &c., and in a sinking state. The 'William took the
crew on board, a rtook them to Rio de Janeiro.
STORNOWAY, 19th May.—Several bales of cotton have been picked
up by the fisherman on the west side of this island, hut the marks and
numbers were so destroyed and ultimately divided by the crews, that
the officers of customs could not trace them.

British Merchant, (498) R Birnie, from New Orleans, with 81 bales
cotton, It Callwell and Co-279 do, J Holford and Co—JsB do, B Jack-
son and Co-898 do, W awl J'Brown and Co—G D.
Banffshire. (531; J Pitcairn, from New Orleans, 1003 bales cotton,
order-562 do, W and J Brown and Co—t 4 D.
Virginia, (3" W Knight, from New Orleans. with 480 bales cotton,
A Venni stoun and Co-227 Mulford and Co-37 do, 11 Mure and
Co-28 do. S W Roundell-196 do, order—W D
Milo. (462).W Whlpple, from New Orleans, with 1330 hales cotton,
Humphreys and Biddle—lol do, order-212 do, W and J Brown and
Co-31 do, Baring Brothers and Co-97 do, W Smith 2 do, A Gartside
—l5. do, .1 Holford and Co-1 tin case, Fde Lizardi and Co—W D
Romulus, (233) S English, front Savannah, 343 bales cotton, Moly-
neux, Witherhy and Co-280 do, Burton, Parker and Co-133 do, order
—.31 do, Bolton, Ogden and Co—K D.

Governor, (231) D James, from Mobile, with 117 bales cotton, F De
Lizardi and Co-320 do, I'urton, Parker and Co-143 do, Wildes, Pick-
ersaill and Co-283 do, W A and G Maxwell—G 1).
Tuskina, (412) It H Post, from Mobile, with 1440 bales cotton, A
pope....-A do, .1 T Crook-22 do. It H Post—P D
Dalhousie Castle, (471) C E Davies, from Mobile, with 600 bales
cotton, J Ilolford and Co-266 do, Molyneux, Witherby and Co-200
do, Phelps, James and Co-108 do,E Johnson and Co-48 do, order-
-32 do, R Curell-54 do, A l'ope—G D.
Marmora, (361) J Myer, from Mobile, 846 bales cotton. Humphreys
and Biddle-81 do, order-121 do; Baring Brothers and Co-18 do, W
and J Brown and Co-118 do, W Smith—W D.
Duan, (218) W E New from New Orleans, 207 bls cotton, IV and J
Brown and Co-114 do, G Green and Son-102 do, G Merle-84 do, A
Dennistoun and Co—G I).

Corinth, (391) TA Smith, froin kpalachieola, 245 bales cotton,
and Brown and Co-185 do, Molyneux, Witherbv and Co-518 do,
order—K D.

SOUTH AMERICA.
Forth, (151) It Glen, from Buenos Ayres, 3301 salted o and c hides,
55 bls sheeps' skins, 6 his hair, 25 his costs unkn, R Carlisle and co-
-119 his wool, 1 bie hair, 5 his sheep skins, J Harratt and Sons-5 bls
nutria skins, G Beier-7 t bones, R B Robinson—G D
Rimac, (214) W Dixon, from Valparaiso, 1 hale skins, 2486 hides, 12
bdls sarsaparilla, 69 bales 150 sacks wool, order-786 hides, J Mackie
—5 bags lead ore; J R Templema n and Co-201 hides,' 106 his cotton,
3 cases contents unknown, Gibbs, Brigot and Co-30 t nicaragua wood
W J Myers—ll pkos apparel, Leech, Harrison and Co-66 t copper
ore, T Navior and Co-92 do, Gibbs, Bright and Co-15 lining hides,
Master—P D.

Illeng, (216) J MtDowall, from Laguna, with 258 t logwood, Watson
Brothers and Co—G D.

Calista, (202) J Blampeid, from Belize, with 2400 coker nuts, 19 tons
logwood, 182 logs mohogauy, P F and .1 De St Croix-54 logs maho-
gany, Chaloner and Houghton-350 cokermuts, Master—B D.
Alexander, (304) J S Self, from Belize, 331 logs mahogany, 35 t log-
wood, E Westley-13 logs mahogany, Hyde, Hodge and 00-5656
coker nuts, Chapman and Willis—B D.
Ritson, (237) S Johnston, from Puerto Cabello, 170 tons copper ore,
Bolivar Mining Association—G D.