Do you like to eat clams? There are many people to whom the very idea is quite unappetizing. And it must have been this way for thousands of years. Nobody in Europe ever thought of eating this creature until the white man came over to America and saw the Indians doing it!

Clams have a boneless, soft body which is protected by two hard shells that close over it like the covers of a book. There are two chief kinds of clams, the long, or soft-shelled clam, and the round, or hard shelled clam.