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A Vortlup from The Dweller in the Gulf (1932) by Clark Ashton Smith.

“Their food-supplies and water-barrels were carried on the backs of three of those curious mammals called vortlups, which, with their elongated legs and necks, and horny-plated bodies, might seemingly have been some fabulous combination of llama and saurian. These animals, though extravagantly ugly, were tame and obedient, and were well adapted to desert travel, being able to go without water for months at a time.”

“The vortlups, wholly insensible to the blowing sand in their scaly mail…”

Description
A Vortlup from The Dweller in the Gulf (1932) by Clark Ashton Smith.

“Their food-supplies and water-barrels were carried on the backs of three of those curious mammals called vortlups, which, with their elongated legs and necks, and horny-plated bodies, might seemingly have been some fabulous combination of llama and saurian. These animals, though extravagantly ugly, were tame and obedient, and were well adapted to desert travel, being able to go without water for months at a time.”

“The vortlups, wholly insensible to the blowing sand in their scaly mail…”