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He became even genial, his looks were kindly, and our voices mellowed together as we talked water-front and oyster-bed gossip.
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"I'm going to interview him about that reward," Charley explained, as we rapidly over-hauled the oyster-bed owner.
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"It was like a ton of bricks," he said of word of the oyster-bed closure.
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Directly the bridges were established, Neb and Pencroft profited by them to go to the oyster-bed which had been discovered near the downs.
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The produce of the warren, of the oyster-bed, several turtles which were taken, excellent salmon which came up the Mercy, vegetables from the plateau, wild fruit from the forest, were riches upon riches, and Neb, the head cook, could scarcely by himself store them away.
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The oyster-bed among the rocks was frequently renewed and furnished excellent molluscs.
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Directly the bridges were established, Neb and Pencroft profited by them to go to the oyster-bed which had been discovered near the downs.
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The oyster-bed among the rocks was frequently renewed and furnished excellent molluscs.
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The produce of the warren, of the oyster-bed, several turtles which were taken, excellent salmon which came up the Mercy, vegetables from the plateau, wild fruit from the forest, were riches upon riches, and Neb, the head cook, could scarcely by himself store them away.
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“Neb will not have lost his day,” cried Pencroft, looking at the spacious oyster-bed.
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