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* LLAJCA. 362 LLANQUIHUE. other animal. The burden carried by the llama should not exceed 125 pounds. When too heavily loaded the animal lies down and refuses to move, nor will either coaxing or severity overcome its resolution. It is generally very patient and> docile. Its rate of traveling is about 12 or 15 miles a day. The llama is about three feet in height at the shoulder, has a long neck, and carries its head elevated. The females are smaller and less strong than the males, which alone are used for carrying burdens. The color is various, generally brown with shades of yellow or black, frequently speckled, rarely quite white or black. The Mesh is spong^-, coarse, and not of agreeable llavor. The hair or wool is inferior to that of the alpaca, but is used for similar purposes; that of the female is finer than that of the male. The llama has been introduced with the alpaca into Australia, but it is only adapted for steep mountain regions, and has never become gen- erally useful. 8ee Lama; Alpaca. See Plate of CliiELS AKD Llamas. LLANDUDNO, lan-dnd'nd. A fashionable watering-place in Carnarvonshire, Xorlh Wales, situated l)etween the Great and Little Orme's heads, 40 miles west-southwest of Liverpool (Map: Wales, C 3). It has picturesque sur- roundings, a fine beach for bathing, pier, marine drive oVj miles long, pronienadc gulf links, hydropathic establishments, and good hotels. The town owns its water, gas, electric-lighting and power works in connection with a refuse destruc- tor, and maintains abattoirs and markets. Pop- ulation, in I Si) I, 7.34S; in 1001, 9300. LLANELLY, la-neth'll. A market-town and seaport in Carmarthenshire, Wales, 10 miles west-northwest of Swansea (Map: England, B 5), It has large copper, iron, and tin-plate works, potteries, and neighboring coal-mines. Its docks are commodious and it carries on an im- portant shipping trade in its industrial prod- ucts. The town is progressive, and owns its water-works, markets, two market-halls, abat- toir, athenicum, two town halls, park, pleasure grounds, free libraiy. and consiilerable remunera- tive real estate. The United States is represented by a consular agent. Population, in 1891, 23,937: in 1901, 2.vn00. LLANES, lyii'nus. A town on the north coast of Spain, in the Province of (Iviedo. 44 miles west of Santander. It has a Gothic church built in the fourteenth century, a well-equipped high school, a nev>- nmnicipal hospital, and many in- teresting old buildings, among which are the ruins of an old fortress and several ruined pal- aces and convents. The town manufactures butter, cheese, pottery, and leather. It was for- merly of considerable commercial importance, but its small, shallow harbor is now used only bv a few coasting vessels. Population, in 1900, 18.781. LLANGOLLEN, lan-gol'icn, Welsh pron. than-golh'hn. A town in Denbighshire, Wales, picturescpiely situated on the Dee in the hill district (Map: England. C 4). The tovm is a great tourist resort, famous for the beautiful Vale of Llangollen and its antiquities. Among its interesting features is the tiridge built in 1340 and considered one of the Tri ThJirs Ci/mru ('three beauties of Wales'). Population, in 1891, 3225: in 1901. 3300. Consult Simpson. History of LlangoUen (3d ed., Llangollen, 1852). XLANO ESTACADO, lii'n.'). or lyii'nfi, S'sti- kli'Do. An extensive level plateau in northwest- ern Texas and southeastern New Mexico (Map: United Slates, E 4). It forms a jiart of the Groat Plains along the eastern slope of the Rocky Moun- tains, from which it is .separatcil by tlie vaUcy of the Pecos River. It is about ISO miles in extent each way, and is bounded on all sides by steep escarpments or palisades, whence its Spanish name, which means 'palisaded plain.' These are highest on the eastern side, where they arc eroded into very irregular lines by the hcail waters of the nunjerous Texas rivers flowing inti the Mississiiipi and the Gulf of ilexico. The top of the plateau is an arid waste almost destitute of surface water. Considerable quantities of water, however, collect during the wet season on the impervious bed-rock which underlies the porous sandstone, and can be obtained by boriiiL During the wet season, also, the plateau produci ~ grass enougli to sujiiiort cattle, but agriciltuie cannot be carried on without irrigation. LLANOS, Ijl'noz, fip. pron. lyil'nAs (Sp., plains). A common term in Spanish America for treeless plains, or prairies. In a restricted geo- graphical sense it is applied to the great level tract in Venezuela and Colombia between the Orinoco on the east and the first foot-hills of the Andean Cordillera on the west, and stretching from the nortlicrn coastal regions of Veneziiel:i to the forested regions of the Amazon basin. This region, measuring about 150,000 square miles, is eleated only a few hundred fed above the sea and for great distances presents an unbroken expanse of ilatland. The lower portions (llanos bajos) lying along the rivers are subject to inundation during the wet season from June to October; they support a heavy growth of grass, which generally remains green throughout the year. The highest stretches (llanos altos) are more or less diversified by un- dulating or (lat-topped hills; they present a changing appearance, being grass-covered during the wet season and almo.st barren in the dry months. Grazing is the chief industry of the in- habitants (llaneros), who are a mi.xcd race of Spanish and Indian blood. The climate is hot, generally moist, and in some regions malarial. See ^'E^■EzrELA ; Colombia. LLANQTJIHTJE, lyan-ke'wa. A province in Soutliern Cliile. bounded by the Province of Valdi- via on the north. Argentina on the east, the Prov- ince of Chiloe on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west (Map: Cliile, C 12). Its area is 7823 square miles. The surface is mountainous in the east and west, while in the centre is a valley occupied by Lake Llanquihue (q.v.), the largest in Cliile. The province is well watered and to a great extent covered with forests. The climate is humid but healthful. The chief occu- pations are agriculture and forestry, and con- siderable quantities of agricultural and animal products and timber are exported to parts of Chile as well as to Germany. The inhabitants numbered 78.315 in 1895. including over 2500 Germans and other foreigners. The capital. Puerto ]^Iontt, on the southern coast of the prov- ince, has a good harbor and a population (1895) of 3480. LLANQUIHUE. The largest lake in Chile. It is situated in the province of the same name, and at the base of the volcano of Osorno (Map: I