Richmond palladium., 1841-02-20
MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS.

lie ALPACA-fAu dlltHipi ~ h'A'@'
alize IN Great Britain, an animal OF the Liam
tribe, called the Al ipaca, native OF the COrdeI
leras noun tain district OF Peru. Its wool Is o
extreme fneness and exceedingly valuable. I'm
portalions of ii have already taken place 10 lht
amount Of three millions OF pounds, and manniac
tured The fabric is said TO be equally hne wlti
silk An English print says OF thus animal.
.It Is used as deer IN The parks OF the Spanish
prandecs in Peru, and its flesh 10 equal to any
yenison. Some are white, others brown and mot
ted. The alpaca does not perspire as sheep 90
and therefore requires shearIng, wnieh VIII ot
IN immense saving 10 The oeoich lafihe'' ana 'le
heavy coat Of wool its body (hne az sllk) /:
sufficient protection in the Peruvian mountains
where deluges of rain fall four months IN the sum
mer season The Alpaca lives under the line o
perpetual snow, which proves that cold climate
is congenial to them even In the winter ltleeds
On "zeho" kind Of wthered grass which grows
all mountains above "A certain aititude,-pro-
wing that they will exist here where sheep will
not Supplies Of the animal were at Glasgow
for SALE and we belleve Lord Breadelbane brought
some TO trv on his estate at Taymouth where the
cappercaiIzie already 1ourishes. There were, al
So samples Of the raw alpaca silky wool, assorted
black without dye) white, red, brown foxy, gray,
motted, SC. No animal grease in this WOOL
Illustrative that the animal reGuI no washing
before shearing, aud the wool can at present be
sold at 2Od. per ID. During the panic OF 1887,
when Highland wool sold ut 3 l-21. per ID up
per lb. Different kinds Of manufacture from al
paca, in imitation OF silk,-soine black as jet,
(without dye) others white, colored, dyed, and
wove in great variety of hgures-can be manu-
faciured onethird the price OF silk, and IS said
by the manufacturer to be threo times more val
liable than Scotch wool
SrAIIsrICs.--In Great Britain the number of
indiv iduas in a state to bear arms from the ages
of I6 to so, is 2,744,sf7. The number Of marri-
ages is about % ,O30 yearly; and il has been rech-
oaed that, in 63 of these unions, there were only
three which had no ISSUE. The number of denths
j, about 332, roo yearly, which makes nearly 3d.
592 monthly, 6,39S weekly, 9I4 daily, and 10
hourly. The deaths among tho woman in
proportion to the men, as 80 TO 4. The married
woman live longer than those who continue in
celibacy. In the country, the mean term of the
number Of the children produced by each marr
age is FOUR in towns, the proportion Is seven for
oycrv two marriages. The number Of married
women .s, to the general number OF individuals Of
the Sex, as one 10 three; and the number OF mar
ried men TO that of all tho individuals of tho male
SEX as three to five. Tho number Of widows Is,
that of widowers, as threo to ono but tho mum.
bcr of widows who marry again is, to that OF wId-
overs in the same case, seven to four. The
individuals who inhabit elevated situations, live
longer than those who reside in less elevated pia-
ces. The half of tho indv duals die before attain
ing the age of II wears. The number of twins is,
to tha, of ordinary births, as ] to 60. According
TO calculations founded upon the bills of mortai-
", ono diviiual only, in 1926, attains the ago
of 100 years. The number Of births Of the male
sox is, TO that of the female 96 10 90
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal.