quahog

There was a peak in the harvest of quahogs in the 1950s before the dredging of the clams was banned.

Then he stumbled upon something that stunned him: a seemingly centuries-old quahog clam.

Still others, such as my beloved quahogs, have evolved ways to keep muscles strong and hearts beating for centuries.

They occupied a land of plenty, hunting deer, elk and bear in the forests, fishing for herring and trout, and harvesting quahogs — clams — in the rivers and bays.

This minor league team was as much a part of Rhode Island as quahogs, or Del’s Lemonade, or hoary stories of having once bumped into so-and-so the mobster at such-and-such a joint.