The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-27
HUGE CLANS AND OYSTERS.
TEE PRACTICAL JOKES OF SOME WAC
OISH CONCHOLOGISTS.


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ss.sls Oysters wsssssns Three Psssas-
ssasis S1sss that Five Mes I.asssA late
. Dtsiss Rsss-OAs Dsrias shell ISsh.
"Speakng about shells, now" said an emil
nent concho!oglst holding up magnificent
orange shell - II II wore gem. and breathing
upon II preparatory to polishing II with
channels skin. reminds me Of practical Joke
that some friends Of mine got up little while
ago. You soc. We had u club Of shell men and
met In each others houses once week. and
once q year We gave dinner. 70 which each
member was allowed to invite friend. Two
OF the guests ct tho last dinner were English
mon. and a. ono OF them had expressed q de-
sire to sec something Of American oysters. and
tho other had inquired about clam bakes. II
was decided to give them surprise. and to say
we did 80 don't express It, We met ct NOM
ber's house up town. and about twenty sat
down to dinner. the two Englishmen being
seated on the right and loft OF the President.
% sobor.faced professional wag as ever grsced
| gown. After tho blessing. which was dellv-
cred In the Sioux language. two walters camo
| In. boarlng meat platter Of the largest sze.
| and. lifting 1t with tho greatest difficulty.
placed It In front OF one Of the Englishmen.
whose eyes began to open as he saw that the
Ss h ok Ssy wSnd As osh
pounds apiece. They were brought from Old
N the nd xhaf
the dish like great blocks Of stone. and 3 small
men for S% Whole Su meal '' '''H '0' WV
W. generally begin on az Of these, said
ne PRESIDENT They're little undersiSsd. but
Those are not ali for NOR said the horri-
6ertsinly' replied the President. and II
youS want larger one =, say TIP Word ors,
| that Looked ike an underdons ham. Got n half
H.:
one: You see haven't been educated up to It.
%Hs w Vas urged i politely. but as It was an i'm.
pos,ibliity the oysters we're refused; and The
made horse laugh to have ;een those men
a ss wafs ssde Tss az
It took two mon to bring In each plate. piled
With Slams 90 enormous that 4 fairly ,t tSo y
sna sssT!s al it %sisssd more sha1 IL pcSsSs
Vio.l%s sat 0 there IN hsipies. ' smsssms nj.
70 Nobody no.osd
Sna they had n sSss
next course was called devilled tridacna. and
s i've waers sesa
through u door will an ENORMOUS half shell Of
ss n, ST. ,n sSa Sqs Il. Ts
ds%orsIized Enc !ish%sn, WI who looked 80 ut Ut
terly dumfoypdsd that ths WHOLE party broke rS
Key sSoas Sc Ell ea%s sf wsss they
Ieasss. The drst q tSe newly discovered edible
to New York or the East. They have been
known for some time. but not to the general
sat TIM months
great deiicasIes. and wsrs Il reality the GIANTS
mass 81 flesh Weighing more than 81 pounds.
sIp salt water ,crawiish Or whip lobster.
YOU w%en have Ssu 20 days work ahead Of S' Sou.
In the first G,s you S ssn get at them
The scientific nanle for them Is Glvcineris.
tablishmcnt for canning them is TO be started;
One weighing seven Or eight pounds would M
Eastorn coast. as it is found that they can be DO
years to come you may. in ordering a. clam:
bsks be e, ser r. Sa with II single seoduck and
af saoaaes "ns one rival the great
Sss G Sss st;S Mex S ssp sR maxi ss ES
that llt into oach other. i is the largest known
meat Of the animal alone tips the scale at thir.
ty.iive or forty pounds. They arc, found in
irinees showing and looking like great sea
they are rarely seeSrod. Us no one cares to dis
In. The h., water week to get one out. =. -
Ss S s sSFa sHs sna si
Ssscss. T. sG ~, %ss.e !ssS are isSsa shss
while certain oval parts cut from the she'll are
valves 81 . tridacna Is used as vessel Tor hold.
sspsskiss IF big shells" continued the
the greatest aeyaststion IN the tropics. Thss
,S :s ~ - e
IL v5ies tho S ANIMAL s f Sa:
Rietsis sida!sd b them risSt here 10 The East
ts q Hs Sa %ss
sSSd h Z Ea;s tss 81 s. s re -
teredo. In . few months they would have
the result. number Of years ago. after an
earthQuake near Sumatra. some nat Ives walked
yulsion and found numbers Of strange objects
| like posts protruding from the mud. At first
old dock. but when others were found scattered
over large area the attention Of some white
| Of the posts brought In. 1t required two men
| to pull Y from tho mud. and II proved to be q
inches thick. completely incrustsd with shells
Of innumerHble kinds. SO that 1t weighed near
| y fifty pounds. TO the amazement OF the
den;ally, It was found TO contain an animal.
and further IN vestigation showed that It was q
and there secreted Its enormous tube"
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