Pa Wagor had sunk the barrels underground, using siphons, "just in case of fire."
"Land of the Burnt Thigh"
Edith Eudora Kohl
Place a mussel in the aquarium, and note the opening and closing of the valves of the shell; the hinge connecting the valves; the foot protruding from the shell; the movements by means of the foot; the mantle lobes lining the shell and visible at the open margins; the two siphons at the rear of the animal-water currents may be observed entering the upper and emerging from the lower of these.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study"
Ontario Ministry of Education
siphons are scarce at sea.
"A Man to His Mate"
J. Allan Dunn