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"That feller's not oysterin'," the captain answered; "he's rakin' quahogs." "Quahogs?" "That's clams," was the explanation; "the right name for what the people down in New York call a 'little-neck clam. The 'neck' is a foot, and it's little because the quahog doesn't burrow deep. The long or soft clam does." "And he just pulls them up with a rake?"
He's oysterin'. Ef you'll notice, he has two poles an' he works 'em apart an' together again like a pair o' shears, an' then when he feels he has a load, he hauls it up the same way, picks out the oysters that are big enough, an' throws the small ones back together with the stones an' other rubbish that he has brought up.
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