42 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. 
tender evergreens were injured pretty much. It was very pro- 
vidential that the air was still, and the ground well covered with 
snow, else vegetation in general must have suffered prodigiously. 
There is reason to believe that some days were more severe than 
any since the year 1739-40.* 
I am, &c., &c. 
LEE TER 2c 
TO THE SAME. 
SELBORNE, March 12th, 1768. 
DEAR SIR,—If some curious gentleman would procure the head 
of a fallow-deer, and have it dissected, he would find it furnished 
with two spiracula, or breathing-places, besides the nostrils ; pro- 
ORIFICE IN FALLOW-DEER. 
bably analogous to the puncta lachrymalia in the human head. 
When deer are thirsty they plunge their noses, like some horses, 
very deep under water, while in the act of drinking, and continue 
them in that situation for a considerable time: bik to obviate any 
inconveniency, they can open two vents, one at the inner corner of 
* See Letters LXI., LXII. to Mr. Barrington. 
