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554 LLANELLY LLOEENTE tween Ion. 20 and 30 W. from Washington, extending from Texas to the arctic regions ; here the nature of the soil, the climate, and the her- bage (particularly the buffalo grass) seem spe- cially suited for the llama ; here, with the herds of wild cattle, horses, buffaloes, antelopes, deer, and other ruminants, if unmolested for a few years, they would probably increase immensely, affording a great source of wealth in their skins, flesh, and wool, besides being useful as beasts of burden in places inaccessible even to mules. In the autumn of 1857, 38 llamas were import- ed into New York from Peru, and having been kept during the winter at the " Dyckman farm " in the city, near King's Bridge, were offered at auction in March, 1858. The flock was 72 when it started from Peru; exposed to the perils of the isthmus of Panama in the hottest season, to the railroad transit, and to a crowd- ed passage in a small vessel, with insufficient and improper food, it was no wonder that about half of them died before reaching New York. They wintered as well as sheep of the same condition, though fed on dry forage ; the flock were all broken to the halter and the pack, and were docile, tractable, intelligent, in color resembling brown and black sheep ; they did not bring $100 each (the price demanded) at this sale, though some were subsequently sold to go to Australia at a little more than this ; what became of the flock is not definitely known. The wool of the llama, 4 to 6 in. long, fine and soft, with a few longer coarse hairs, resembles that of a black sheep ; an average fleece will weigh 10 Ibs., and its value is great. LLANELLY, a parliamentary borough and sea- port of Wales, on the river Burry, in the coun- ty and 14 m. S. by E. of the city of Carmar- then; pop. in 1871, 15,281. The town is on the railway from Carmarthen to Swansea, and is connected with several other lines, and there is a canal to Kidwelly, 8 m. N. W. Llanelly is irregularly built, but is well paved and has gas and water works. It has a parish church, several dissenting chapels, and a large prison. It is the emporium of a great mining district, which produces iron, copper, lead, silver, and especially coal. It contains copper and iron founderies and a pottery, and has four large docks from which enormous quantities of coal are shipped to foreign ports. In 1871 the en- trances were 1,912 vessels, tonnage 102,127; the clearances 618 vessels, tonnage 75,701. LLANO, a central county of Texas, bounded E. by the Colorado river, and intersected by Rio Llano; area, 900 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 1,379, of whom 18 were colored. Iron ore is abundant, and gold and silver have been found. The county is subject to droughts, and farming is not much pursued, grazing and the raising of swine being the principal pursuits of the in- habitants. The chief productions in 1870 were 23,504 bushels of Indian corn and 12,179 Ibs. of wool. There were 443 horses, 1,687 milch cows, 18,360 other cattle, 4,608 sheep, and 6,798 swine. Capital, Llano. LLANQUIHUE, a province of Chili, bounded N. by Valdivia, E. by the Andes, S. by a strait separating it from Chiloe and the gulf of An- cud, and W. by the Pacific ; area estimated at 8,350 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 43,342, many of whom are Germans. It comprises an exten- sive plain, nowhere more than 90 ft. above the sea, covered with forests affording useful tim- ber, and interspersed with picturesque lakes, the largest of which is that of the same name, about 30 m. long and 15 m. wide; in shape it is an irregular triangle, and its waters are discharged through the river Maullin into the Pacific. The climate of Llanquihue is mild and healthy ; and the soil, owing to successive deposits of vegetable matter and a plenteous irrigration by countless streams, is extremely fertile. Large quantities of potatoes are pro- duced, besides wheat and other grain. All the European fruits and vegetables abound, and cat- tle and swine are numerous. Coal has been dis- covered in the south, and good roads facilitate transportation to the coast. There are about 50 free public schools in the province. Capital, Puerto Montt, which was incorporated in 1861. LLORENTE, Don Jnan Antonio, a Spanish au- thor, born near Calahorra, March 30, 1756, died in Madrid, Feb. 5, 1823. He studied at Tarra- gona and Madrid, in 1779 was ordained priest, and in 1782 became vicar general of the bishop of Calahorra. In 1784, as he says, he had ar- rived at the conclusion " that there is no au- thority outside of us which has the right to sub- jugate our reason." Notwithstanding these views, he accepted in 1785 a situation as com- missary, and in 1789 as secretary general of the inquisition. By the liberal inquisitor general Manuel Abad de Sierra he was intrusted with the task of drawing up a plan of a total ref- ormation of the inquisition, but this attempt failed. A second attempt, made by Llorente in union with the bishop of Calahorra and the minister of justice Jovellanos, was no more successful, and ended in the exile of Jovellanos and the arrest of Llorente. He was, however, recalled to Madrid in 1806 by Godoy, who commissioned him to write, in favor of a greater centralization, a work against the old liberties of the Basque provinces (Noticias his- toricas sobre las tres provincias Bascongadas, 3 vols., Madrid, 1806-'8). Several lucrative offi- ces were the reward of this work. After the invasion in 1808 Llorente became one of the most devoted partisans of the French. King Joseph made him a state councillor, and on the suppression of the inquisition placed all the papers of that tribunal at his disposal, and charged him with writing its history. For two years Llorente was occupied, aided by several assistants, in copying the most important docu- ments. At the same time he was charged with the execution of the decree which abol- ished all convents, and also accepted the su- preme administration of the so-called national property. He was accused of having embez- zled 11,000,000 reals, and lost his offices for a