The vicunalives wild, and frequents the most desolate parts of the Cordillera, at great elevations, delighting in a kind of grass, the yehu, which abounds there in moist places.
The wool of the vicuna being so much in demand, it will be easily conceived that hunting the animal is a profitable pursuit; and so it is.
So peculiar is it, that in Peru the `Colour de vicuna' (vicuna colour) has become a specific name.
Often for days and even weeks, he would range the mountains without killing a single head--either vicuna or guanaco, and only twice before had he succeeded in thus making a battue of a whole herd.
Both of us were wearied and hungry, but a fresh vicuna cutlet, washed down by the Catalan, and followed by a cigarette, made us forget our fatigues.
While sojourning with my hunter-friend, I heard of a singular method practised by the Indians, of capturing the vicuna in large numbers.
Indeed the vicuna is more deer-like than any other animal except the antelope--much more so than its congeners the llama, alpaca, or guanaco.
I know of no animal except the vicuna itself, that could be captured after the manner practised in the "chacu.
In many parts of the Andes there are regular vicuna hunters, while, in other places, whole tribes of Peruvian Indians spend a part of every year in the chase of this animal and the guanaco.
The echo of that cry was the ring of my companion's rifle, and I saw the vicuna leap up and fall dead upon the plain.
The Puna is the favourite haunt of the vicuna, and, of course, the home of the vicuna hunter.
The colour, however, is peculiarly its own, and any one accustomed to seeing the vicuna can distinguish the orange-red of its silky coat at a glance, and at a great distance.
Having thus cleverly knocked over his man, the assassin dropped the butt of his weapon on the ground, and, doffing his cap of vicuna skin, dried his forehead, while he murmured expressions of gratified vanity.
He wore a vicuna skin hat, of which the large brim was bent over his eyes, and he was wrapped up in a spacious cloak.
The prince's head was further ornamented by a fillet, or tasselled fringe, of a yellow color, made of the fine threads of the vicuna wool, which encircled the forehead as the peculiar insignia of the heir apparent.
His dress, which he often changed, was composed of the wool of the vicuna wrought into mantles, so fine that it had the appearance of silk.
They were employed in spinning and embroidery, and, with the fine hair of the vicuna wove the hangings for the temples, and the apparel for the Inca and his household.
Vicuna hurried to the northern provinces to try to hold them quiet, while General Lastra went against Prieto.
They resigned and Claudio Vicunaformed a ministry which was a re-edition of the May cabinet.
The vicuna also is celebrated for its wool, which the natives weave into beautiful and costly ponchos (blanket cloaks) and other wearing apparel.
The slaughter of the guanaco and vicuna is rapidly diminishing their number.
The llama and alpaca were domesticated long before the discovery of America, but the guanaco and vicuna are found in a wild state only.
Historical literature has been enriched by the works of Diego Barros Arana, Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna, Miguel Luis Amunategui, Carlos Walker Martinez, and others.
Vicuna wool, and various other articles of clothing, you would not have seen me so lightly dressed.
You, by that time will have lost your head, and I my cloak and Vicuna hat.
The hall was lighted by twelve lofty windows, hung with long curtains ofvicuna skin, through which a gloomy and uncertain light filtered, perfectly harmonizing with the imposing aspect of the vast apartment.
All was ready for departure; the captives, each placed in a hammock, suspended from the shoulders of four vigorous slaves, were transported to the top of the mound chosen for the operation, and gently deposited in the vicuna skin.
Long black locks escaped from beneath her broad-brimmed vicuna hat, and fell in profusion on her pink and white shoulders, which were scarcely veiled by a China crape rebozo.
When they reached the lighted portion of the jacal, they dropped the corner of the zarape which covered the lower part of their faces, and at the same moment doffed their vicuna hats, the broad brims of which fell over their eyes.
Over this was worn a long cloak, dyed blue, also woven of vicuna wool, but without ornament of any description.
They wore sleeveless shirts of pure white, finely woven of vicuna wool, reaching to the knee, the opening at the throat and arms, and also the hem of the garment, being richly ornamented with embroidery in heavy gold thread.
Of the four the alpaca and the vicuna are the most valuable wool-bearing animals: the alpaca on account of the quality and quantity, the vicuna on account of the softness, fineness and quality of its wool.
The llama and the alpaca are domesticated; the guanaco and the vicuna run wild.
Crosses between the alpaca and vicuna have not proved satisfactory.
The tunic and mantel varied in color and were made of the finest vicuna wool.
The couches were of vicuna cloth of the softest and finest texture.
The llama, alpaca, and vicunaare peculiar to this country.
During the wet season the vicuna browses on the scanty vegetation of the Cordilleran ridges.
The Vicuna is a more beautiful animal than either of the preceding.
The mode in which the Indians hunt the vicuna is sufficiently curious.
He looked over his shoulder and about him, and saw that they were already out of Bognor--for the Vicuna stands at the very westernmost extremity of the sea front--and riding on a fair wide road.
Then he returned panting to the Vicuna Hotel, and finding a group of men outside the entrance, who wanted to know what was UP, stopped to give them the cream of the adventure.
As Bechamel crossed from the Vicunatowards the esplanade, Hoopdriver, disappointed and exasperated, came hurrying round the corner from the Temperance Hotel.
The varieties of these animals are the llama, pace, or alpaco, guanaco and vicuna or vicugna.
Though the llama and the alpaca were domesticated by the Lamanites before the arrival of the Spaniards in South America, yet they and the guanaco and the vicuna have never mixed: the breeds are distinct and will remain so.
Nor was he wearing the dark-blue vicuna topcoat he had reclaimed an hour before from the checkroom girl in the restaurant back in the city.
He looked down at his sleek darkvicuna coat, visualized the rise of plump stomach beneath it, reached in his breast pocket for a panatella.
A small number of very pretty guanaco and vicuna carriage rugs are imported into Europe, and many come through travellers and private sources, but generally they are so badly dressed that they are quite brittle upon the leather side.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vicuna" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
