Chapter XXI 
THE OPOSSUM: A Night-Roaming Animal 
One day when the Blair car and trailer had rolled 
down into the southern states, where great fields of 
cotton were to be seen, Uncle Ely planned an adven- 
ture for the children. He left camp one night soon 
after supper, and came back an hour later. 
“I have planned a night hunt for us , 11 he an¬ 
nounced. "Several colored people are coming with 
their dogs at nine o’clock. We are to join them here.” 
"What are we to hunt, Uncle Ely?” asked Buck, 
who was already excited. 
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