He had killed a female puma, a great prize, as the meat is excellent, and especially esteemed during the winter and spring months, when it is always fat, whereas the ostriches and guanacos are at that time generally miserably lean.
His sharpness of vision was intense, and he could detect guanacos and ostriches on the far horizon, when I could see nothing but bushes or clouds.
The puma abounds in the pampas, where it preys on the guanacos and ostriches, lying in ambush for them in the ravines near where they are in the habit of going to drink.
We could see a herd of guanacos standing in the centre, and the water did not reach to above their knees.
The guanacos seemed more numerous than ever in the plains we were now crossing; some herds which swept past us, I think, must have numbered quite six or seven hundred head.
Besides, within a certain distance from Sandy Point the guanacos cease altogether, and ostriches are very scarce.
The skins are of the youngguanacos before they are three weeks old, as after that time the fur becomes coarse and woolly.
This, however, was a trifling matter, if only those good guanacos would obligingly make their appearance!
This day's ride was memorable for the immense number of guanacos which covered the plains in all directions.
Gregorio had seen a herd of guanacos at the far end of the plain over which the chase had taken place, and thither we accordingly rode.
The following day we left "Pozos de la Reina," and pushed forward as quickly as possible, as we had no meat left, and had not yet arrived in the country of the guanacos and ostriches.
Certain it is that the withered pampa grass must contain great nourishing properties, as the guanacosthrive and grow very fat on it.
It is very easy to guess the time within half an hour or so, under ordinary circumstances, but the excitement of our various runs after guanacos and ostriches had so absorbed us that the hours had slipped by unperceived.
In this we had considerable difficulty, the guanacos on this particular day appearing to be shyer than we had ever known them.
Tame guanacos are often kept at Sandy Point, and their gentle ways and amiable dispositions make them charming pets.
I asked in my innocence, thinking that a fine herd of guanacos would be inclosed along with their cousins, and that `all were fish,' etcetera.
I noticed a small band of guanacos springing over the plain.
I saw the guanacos run for a dark-looking cleft between two mountain spurs.
I forbore firing, though I certainly deemed the guanacos within shot, but the hunter was thinking of the more precious skin of the vicunas, and we passed on.
The guanacos are dwellers among the rocks, and are most at home when bounding from cliff to cliff, and ledge to ledge.
The herd of guanacos succeeded in making their escape, and without compromising the success of the hunt.
He soon got directly in their rear, and signalling those who stood in front to separate and let the guanacos pass, he drove them out of the inclosure.
The guanacos that we met with on the basalt plateau to the south of Lake Buenos Aires probably visit the shores of the lake during the winter time.
There were numbers of young guanacos among these herds.
We quickly crossed the lower hills and saw some guanacos in the valleys.
In fact, guanacos will reconnoitre a troop of horses, even though there may be men among them, at a very much shorter distance than they will venture upon with regard to a camp or a group of men without horses.
Shortly afterwards we anchored and went ashore, but the guanacos would not allow us on foot to approach within half a mile, although when we were hidden they returned to the neighbourhood of the launch without fear.
Guanacos are very easily domesticated, and in time become obtrusively playful and affectionate.
At nightfallguanacos gather into close order, a large herd collecting in a small radius.
The guanacos of the valley of the Chico were very wild owing to the fact that the Tehuelche Indians hunt them there during the months of October and November.
The sun, newly risen, had just begun to suck up the balls of white mist that rolled up and down the cuplike hollows, and as the light strengthened it brought out the gold and white colouring of the guanacos feeding in the valley.
As we came in to the beach, three guanacos cantered down and stared and neighed at us.
I do not think, however, that the guanacos ever enter the forest, although I have seen them in the open patches amongst the lower wooded parts of the Cordillera.
Yes, but guanacos are hard to shoot because of their keen sense of smell, they can scent a human being over a mile away; but their flesh is delicious, tasting much like venison.
The ostriches and guanacos that were thus imprisoned in the circle of fire were easy prey for they fear fire and ran almost into our arms.
He will hush up about his ostriches and guanacos after this," and Francisco sat on the ground hugging his knees, and rocking to and fro gleefully.
The guanacos appear to have favorite spots for lying down to die.
In this part of the country they live altogether on the guanacos which have died a natural death, or, as more commonly happens, have been killed by the pumas.
I do not at all understand the reason of this, but I may observe, that the wounded guanacos at the St. Cruz invariably walked towards the river.
The guanacos have one singular habit, which is to me quite inexplicable; namely, that on successive days they drop their dung in the same defined heap.
The guanacos readily take to the water: several times at Port Valdes they were seen swimming from island to island.
A gaucho, who had guided an English hunter from Punta Arenas up into the cordillera, said one shot of the Englishman's rifle one day killed over a hundred guanacos in this way.
Then it was observed that the desert plains above the upper parts of the inhabited valley swarmed with guanacos as the desert plains of New Mexico once swarmed with antelopes.
I afterward saw guanacos cantering over the hills unsuspicious of danger, and also fleeing toward a far country because certain that danger was near.
It takes a good many people to draw a circle around a bunch of guanacos in an open desert.
Guanacos can climb a mountain or run on a narrow ledge as well as a goat.
Every plainsman has seen a thousand dead guanacos under the bushes after such a winter, not only here but in the cordillera as well.
At times, however, theguanacos live in vast herds, and then all the older males remain on the higher knolls as sentinels.
However, the usual way of capturing game is for the men to draw a circle about a bunch of guanacos when pumas and ostriches are often enclosed and killed.
There were fish in the sea and guanacos on the land.
At all ages the color of the back shades into white on the belly, while in extreme old age the guanacos are said to turn almost white all over.
To escape the cold storms the guanacos seek the shelter of the bushes.
The desert seems to have been peculiarly well adapted to guanacos and ostriches, and the flesh of these with dandelions, bunch grass-seed, fungi, etc.
The Patagonian takes the young guanacos alive; and brings them up in a state of domestication.
On reaching the hill, the guanacos dash onward, up to its summit; and there, halting in a compact crowd, make front towards their pursuers.
His first care is to find out their whereabouts: for the haunts which the guanacos most affect are not the level plains, where they might be seen from afar, but rather those places where the ground is hilly or rolling.
He does not go out to hunt the guanacos alone, but in company with others of his tribe, the hunting-party often comprising the whole tribe.
Strange to say, when the guanacos are found solitary, or only two or three together, they are far less shy than when assembled in large herds.
It is not solely for the pleasure of making pets of them, that the young guanacos are thus cherished; nor yet to raise them for food.
The long chuzos do their work with rapidity; and, in a few minutes, numbers of the guanacos lie lifeless among the rocks.
It is, therefore, not considered any gain to get a flock of guanacos into the trap.
The guanacos and vicunas were of uniform colours,--that is, in each flock the colour of the individuals was the same; while among the llamas and alpacos there were many varieties of colour.
In form it resembles the latter, but, as is the case with most wild animals, the guanacos are all alike in colour.
This is a good omen, for the guanacos are quite as sharp and shy as their smaller cousins, and since he has succeeded in deceiving them, he will likely do the same for the vicunas.
A pair of wild guanacos can often be seen or heard engaged in desperate combat, biting and tearing, and rolling over one another on the ground, uttering their gurgling, bubbling cries of rage.
Their only clothing consists of skins of the guanacos loosely hung from the neck, and flapping over the naked and repulsive body.
A large troop of ostriches were feeding below us, and we could see several herds of horses and guanacos in the distance.
This is a good omen, for the guanacos are quite as sharp and shy as their smaller cousins, and since he has succeeded in deceiving them, he will likely do the same for the vicuñas.
In this part of the country they live altogether on the guanacos which have died a natural death, or as more commonly happens, have been killed by the pumas.
The guanacos appear to have favourite spots for lying down to die.
In the middle of summer cattle are brought up here to graze; but they had now all been removed: even the greater number of the Guanacos had decamped, knowing well that if overtaken here by a snow-storm, they would be caught in a trap.
Away up among the beetling crags and in the deep, gloomy caverns we had to stalk the guanacos as the Swiss mountaineer stalks the chamois.
On a little peak down beneath, and not a hundred yards away, stands one of the noblestguanacos I have ever seen.
The former had commenced to sing, the latter had grown unusually active; guanacos had been in search of tender herbage, pumas had been in search of the guanacos.
We were now in a splendid hunting district; herds of guanacos had been seen, with innumerable ostriches, besides animals of various kinds.
The guanacos stampeded, the birds fled hither and thither, but were turned with yells and shouts wherever they went.
Most of these were the feeding-grounds for vast herds of guanacos and of wild horses.
In the middle of summer cattle are brought up here to graze; but they had now all been removed: even the greater number of the guanacos had decamped, knowing well that if overtaken here by a snow-storm, they would be caught in a trap.
They did not, however, employ it in chasing guanacos or ostriches.
They found no game, but they saw a few guanacos too far off for a shot; they were, however, able to catch some large hares, which were not difficult to secure.
Pedro pointed to a spot about seven or eight hundred yards distant, where a group of guanacos stood gazing at the intruders with profound attention.
Then the cliffs burst into a fusillade of echoes, and the guanacos leaped wildly up the mountain-side, leaving one of their number on the rocks behind them.
When any guanacos chance to be mixed up with the herd, the result is likely to be very different.
Presently a thickness is perceived in the air, and a cloud of dust arises,--a sure indication that a herd of guanacos has been beaten up, and is now approaching.
On the river banks a few strayguanacos were cropping the scanty, rank grass, while others, with their young, were lying on the sunny slopes of the sand-hills.
The skins of young guanacos are selected for mantles, on account of the superior fineness and softness of the hair.
The guanacos are excessively swift of foot, indeed almost unapproachable by horse or dog, as a few buck leaps take them away far beyond the speed of a horse.
Mr. Clarke, Isidoro, El Sourdo, and myself were in the centre, and killed amongst us two guanacos and an ostrich.
On emerging on the plain at different points we saw several guanacos and some ostriches; and those nearest them slipped their hounds, following on foot at their topmost speed.
Our historian learned that when these giants wished to capture the old guanacos or camels they fastened one of the little guanacos to a bush, and the old ones came to the bush to play with it, and so became an easy prey.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "guanacos" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
