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Of course the sailboats could use much larger rakes and cover a wider part of the cove. Now and then the men on board the sailboats would haul up the rakes, which were shaped something like a man's hand is when half closed and all the fingers and the thumb are spread out. The clams were dumped on deck, afterward to be washed and sorted. OF COURSE THE SAILBOATS COULD USE MUCH LARGER RIGS THAN COVER A WIDER PART OF THE COVE NOW AND THEN MEN ON BOARD THE SAILBOATS WOULD HAUL UP THE RAKES WHICH WERE SHAPED SOMETHING LIKE A MAN'S HAND IS WHEN HALF CLOSED AND ALL THE FINGERS IN THE THUMB ARE SPREAD OUT THE CLAMS WERE DUMPED ON DECK AFTERWARD TO BE WASHED AND SORTED
y_. In the morning, though the wind was still high, the rain had stopped. The outer bay, though, was a mass of big waves, and after one look at them Captain Ross said: "I think we'd better stay here until it quiets down. We could navigate, but there's no special hurry." "No," agreed Mr. Brown, "there isn't. We are not due at Christmas Tree Cove at any special time, so we'll take it easy." "Then we can watch the clam boats," said Bunny. "I like to watch them." The clam boats were of two kinds, large rowing craft in which one or two men went out and with a long-handled rake pulled clams up from the bottom of the cove. The other boats were sailing craft. They would start at one side of Clam Cove, spread their sails in a certain way, and drift across the stretch of water. Over the side of the boat were tossed big rakes with long, iron teeth. These rakes, fastened to ropes attached to the boat, dragged over the bottom of the cove much as the fishermen in the small boats dragged their rakes.  THERE WAS ONCE AGAIN CALM ABOARD THE FERRY IN THE MORNING THOUGH THE WIND WAS STILL HIGH THE RAIN HAD STOPPED THE OUTER BAY THOUGH WAS A MASS OF BIG WAVES AND AFTER ONE LOOK AT THEM CAPTAIN ROSS SAID I THINK WE'D BETTER STAY HERE UNTIL IT CLOUDS DOWN WE COULDN'T NAVIGATE BUT THERE'S NO SPECIAL HURRY NO AGREED MISTER BROWN THERE ISN'T WE ARE NOT DUE AT CHRISTMAS TREE COVE AT ANY SPECIAL TIME SO WE'LL TAKE IT EASY THEN WE CAN WATCH THE CLAMB BOAT SAID BUNNY I LIKE TO WATCH THEM CLAMBOATS WERE OF TWO KINDS LARGE ROWING CRAFT IN WHICH ONE OR TWO MEN WENT OUT AND WITH A LONG HANDLED RAKE PULLED CLAMS UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE COVE THE OTHER BOATS WERE SAILING CRAFT THEY WOULD START AT ONE SIDE OF CLAM CLOVE SPREAD THEIR SAILS IN A CERTAIN WAY AND DRIFT ACROSS THE STRETCH OF THE OTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOAT WERE TOSSED BIG RAKED LONG IRON TEETH THESE RAKES FASTENED TO ROPES ATTACHED THE BOAT DRAGGED OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE COVE MUCH AS THE FISHERMEN AND SMALL BOATS DRAGGED THEIR RAKES
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