Show r. r V I I Ii o I I Early Peoples P Passed Up Delicious Clams Dr Dr Edward S. S Morse of ot Salem who spent 45 years ears sorting over the shell heaps that that are me found along the New lew England shore found them composed largely of ot o oysters auk aup clams chains But when he went to Europe to consult with Professor St the Danish expert on European e hell eisell heaps he was amazed to learn that no clamshells clam clamshells shells sheila w were re found among the o oysters says Edwin E E. E director of science service writing In tn Collier Colliers Magazine Although clams clam abounded lu to th the Baltic the tue prehistoric people never ate them It was the same sume Iii is England the clam had u never er IH been eaten eat evenin even oit thIn In ancient times Mints tte e e learned I the epicurean delights ut of th the shim clam from the North American Indians lu to whoa ct cc are uru Indebted d fur for Now we are accustomed to think of ot these early ancestors stUlS stUl'S of ours as rather In their diet having no nil prejudices against beast bird blid fish mollusk or In insect Y Yet Vet t these door poor benighted be creatures had bud lived for tor 2 2000 i years with clums clams served u up to them themon on un lh the shell as a n true free lunch at ut every tide und amid they wouldn't touch em ew I |