Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 76
foul of those clam-shells; for whenthey do, they re drowned before they can getclear. 638 PERIL AMONG THE PEARLS. 639 You can hardly blame the clam, or what-ever it is, said I. It must be rather a shockto its nerves when it feels a big foot thrustdown right upon its stomach! No, assented Johnson,… … ONE OF THESE BIG CLAMS HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CATCH EVEN A SHARK it does nt know all about; and you cannotscare it, as you can a shark. You have sim-ply got to kill it before it will acknowledgeitself beaten. These same turtles, however, at the top of the water or on dry land would inmost cases prove as…
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