VIRGINIAN DEER. 69 
ditional nostrils are thrown open when they are hard 
run. 
This peculiarity is not confined to the deer alone; 
for Mr. Pennant was surprised to find something 
analogous in the conformation of the antelope, 
which he remarks as having a long slit beneath 
each eye, that the animal can open and shut at 
pleasure. He held an orange to one, and found 
that the creature made the same use of these orifices 
as of his nostrils ; applying them to the fruit, and 
seeming to smell it through them. 
