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position that the entrance is under water about half the time. The 

 tide rises here about six feet, and the mouths of the holes are about 

 three feet below high-water mark. They go straight into the bank 

 a short distance and then turn down, so that when the tide falls 

 below them they are still filled with water, although the entrance 

 may be two or three feet above the water at low tide. The Chinese 

 laborers gather great quantities of them at low tide, by slicing off 

 a section of the bank with shovels. Fishing with a shovel is a 

 method not laid down in the books. 

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