74. The Opossum 
Uncle Robert’s method of hunting the opossum 
was very simple; he knew of several hollow trees 
and from time to time visited them, occasionally 
“DE ’PosSUM AND DE COON’? 
finding an opossum. He was not very talkative at 
first, but gradually warmed up to the subject of opos- 
sum hunting, and told me that when he was a boy 
and lived in “‘Old Virginny, we all used to hunt de 
