In Osterville Bay about 20 men, in Lewis Bay about 5, using the same number of dories, make a business of quahauging in the summer months. Three styles of implements are used: (1) oyster tongs, varying from 8 to 16 feet, according to the depth of water; (2) large basket rakes, with 30-foot handles; (3) ordinary garden rakes, with wire basket, for shallow-water digging. At Cotuit the quahaugs run one-third "little necks," one-third mediums and one-third large. Here several men, using long-handled rakes, make from $3 to $5 per day in favorable weather. The markets are principally New York and Boston, where the quahaugs are shipped, mostly in sacks, which is a cheaper and better way than shipment in barrels. Here the quahaug season lasts from April 1 to November 1, most of the work being done in the summer, when the oyster business is at a standstill. There are no town laws governing the quahaug fishery, other than forbidding a non-resident of the town the right of quahauging; and no licenses are required. No records of the history of the quahaug industry at Barnstable can be found. A. Howard Clark in 1879 makes the following brief statement, which is the only record obtainable:-- Both soft clams and quahaugs are found in the harbor [Osterville harbor], but no considerable fishing for them is carried on. SUMMARY OF INDUSTRY. Area of quahaug territory (acres), 950 Number of men, 25 Number of boats, - Value of boats, - Number of dories, 25 Value of dories, $500 Value of implements, $350 _Production._ "Little necks":-- Bushels, 800 Value, $2,000 Quahaugs:-- Bushels, 1,700 Value, $1,700 Total:-- Bushels, 2,500 Value, $3,700 _Bourne._