Alpaca

( Zool. ) The Peruvian sherp, a variety of the Guanaco or LLAMA, q. v. It inhabits the more elevated parts of the mountain ranges, living almost on the border of perpetual snow. The Peruvians keep vast flocks of them for the sake of the silky lustre and finene of their wool, which furnishes material for the best of fabrics. The name given to a description of cloth woven from the wool of the A., extensively manufactured in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in England, and used, for the most part, for articles of apparel. It is also used as a covering for umbrellas, its material being of a finer and more durable texture than cotton, and not so costly as silk. through any space measured lengthwise. "Some laid along, and,..on spokes of wheels are hung."-Dryden. succeeded his uncle Togrul Bey in 1063. He had for his grand vizier Nizam-al-Muluk, who by his wise administration did so much for the interior improvement of the empire. Himself a conqueror, he defeated Roman us Diogenes, emperor of the Greeks, in 1071. He was a a inated in 1072. Dryden. "Take this along." "We shall to England along with you." - Shaks. Alpe'na, formerly ANAMICKEE, in Michigan, a county bordering on Lake Huron and Thunder Bay. Area, about 700 sq. m. -a city, capital of Alpena co., at the mouth of Thunder Bay river, on Lake Huron. Pop . (1890), 12,129. Alpenstock, n. A long staff or pole, pointed sharpıy with iron, used in ascending the peaks of the Alps, and cro ing the glaciers of Switzerland. Alpe'nus. (Anc. Geog.) The capital of Locris. Alpes Mar i times.