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FIG. 42. These people do not go to the movies for a thrill. They go 'possum hunting, instead. One of the surest ways to find Br'er 'Possum south of the Mason and Dixon line is to look up a persimmon tree at night. Even a dark night will show his profile against the sky. This weakness of the opossum for the nutritious fruit of the persimmon simplifies the harvest of the opossum crop and furnishes to the Afro-Americans millions of greasy meals.
