THE WALLAMET PRAIRIES.
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loped shell on the broad base of the shell which incloses it, this being rather soft and tender. At the small end, or where the stem of a pear would be placed, is a foot, or feeler, projecting, not only out of the shell, but also reaching out through an air-hole in the stone, and probably used to secure food. These oysters are found at several points along the coast, but never above the reach of tide-water.
