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Now they sat on deck, as much out of the wind as possible, and looked at the drifting boats and at the clammers in their dorries. The storm was passing. NOW THEY SAT ON DECK AS MUCH OUT OF THE WIND AS POSSIBLE AND LOOKED AT THE DRIFTING BOATS AND AT THE CLAMOURS IN THEIR DOORIES THE STORM WAS PASSING
 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. 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. The sight was not new to any of the Browns, and of course Bunker, Uncle Tad, and Captain Ross had often taken part in clam raking. But Bunny and Sue never tired of watching it. WO 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 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 THE SIGHT WAS NOT NEW TO ANY OF THE BROWNS AND OF COURSE BUNKER UNCLE TAD AND CAPTAIN ROSS HAD OFTEN TAKEN PART IN CLAM RAKING BUT BUNNY HAD SOON EVER TIRED OF WATCHING IT
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