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Mil. Hi:i,i)iN(>: I do iiol know llic «'x;i<l rfiiigc of llie spccii'S. It 

 runs noilhwanl lo ('(iriiula and us fur soidli ii.s Carolina. It is abun- 

 dant in IVlain<', Ma.ssaciuisctf.s and other New Mn{i;land States. 



l'iti:.siin:NT: The introduction of Uw. Mastcrn soft-slicllcd dam to 

 tlif i'acilic coast was one of llie early moves of the I*'ish ('ommission 

 und met witli f^real success. I ha]>]>ene<l to he livin/j; in California 

 after the clam got fairly estahlished. If you wen; to go along the 

 slior<'s of San I'uehio Hay today at low tide you would find many 

 clam diggers at work. 'I'liis clam is highly appreciated in the San 

 l'"rancisco mark«"ts. We cannot g<'t along without the dam on this 

 coast, and we shall eventually a<loi)t means for cultivating it. 



