Mollusks in oval shells

Usage examples of abalones.

Then, while Billy wandered in a vain search for abalones, Saxon lay and dabbled in the crystal-clear water of a roak-pool, dipping up handfuls of glistening jewels--ground bits of shell and pebble of flashing rose and blue and green and violet.

When the sacks were full they ventured further among the rock crevices and were rewarded with three abalones, among the shells of which Saxon found one coveted blister-pearl.

They made no plans, but fished, gathered mussels and abalones, and climbed among the rocks as the moment moved them.