. The edible clams, mussels and scallops of California . Fig. 20. Digging Pismo clams, Oceano. Diggers returning with clams. The automobile in the distance gives some idea of the width and levelness of the beach. reduced these more easily reached individuals, and now the clammer must get his supply almost wholly from the bars just mentioned. Perhaps it may not be amiss to picture to the person who relishes the Pismo clam in chowder or soup how it is obtained. At low tide the clam digger in old clothes, slicker coat and pants and "sou'wester" and armed with a potato fork wades out to
. The edible clams, mussels and scallops of California . Fig. 20. Digging Pismo clams, Oceano. Diggers returning with clams. The automobile in the distance gives some idea of the width and levelness of the beach. reduced these more easily reached individuals, and now the clammer must get his supply almost wholly from the bars just mentioned. Perhaps it may not be amiss to picture to the person who relishes the Pismo clam in chowder or soup how it is obtained. At low tide the clam digger in old clothes, slicker coat and pants and "sou'wester" and armed with a potato fork wades out to the bars. Here, he '' feels'' for the clams, thrusting the fork into the sand very much as in spading with a spading fork though without "turning up" the sand. The row of tines are usually turned across and not parallel with the water line to avoid "straddling" the clam and when a shell is struck it is lifted out. As the beaches are pure sand with very seldom a dead shell or stone, anything struck is pretty sure to be a clam. In order to leave the hands free, the clams are carried in a sack fastened to the
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