[40] Proper and particular.
[41] In these latter days a man with the whimzies, or whimsies, is known simply as a crank.
[42] The information in parentheses is imparted in a low, impressive, confidential tone.
[43] Is it necessary to say that the wiggletail is the embryo mosquito?
[44] Galloping.
[45] G hard as in give.
[46] This story, the funniest and most characteristic of all the negro legends, cannot be satisfactorily told on paper. It is full of action, and all the interest centres in the gestures and grimaces that must accompany an explanation of Brother Rabbit's method of disposing of the mosquitoes. The story was first called to my attention by Mr. Marion Erwin, of Savannah, and it is properly a coast legend, but I have heard it told by three Middle Georgia negroes.
[47] Point-blank.
[48] In another version of this story current among the negroes the sweet-gum tree takes the place of the sycamore.
[49] A species of hickory-nut. The tree sheds its bark every year, hence the name, which is applied to both tree and fruit.