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No. I by courttsy of Aut ni.it;: l.itt n Co., Muscatine, la.; No. 3. phot..uT..ph by Maxwell Smith. 



1 A clam fisherman on the Mississippi River, who sells 



his shells to the pearl button factories. 



2 Dead Man's Island, off San Pedro harbor. Southern Cali- 



fornia, a famous collecting ground. 



3 A cactus fence in Southern California, under which land 



snails find protection. 



4 Drying abalone me.its for export to Japan. Beach near 



Los Angeles, Cal. 



