162 WEST AMERICAN SHELLS 
Figure 150. Its name is Can- 
cellaria middendorffiana, Dall, 
Middendorff’s Caneellaria. It 
comes from the far north, be- 
ing found in Bering Sea and 
vicinity. Its white shell is only 
17.5mm. in length, and is cov- 
ered with a pale yellow epi- 
dermis. 
One fine summer morning | 
rose very early, took my long 
rubber boots, an old hoe, and a 
basket, put a few crackers in 
my pocket, and silently stole away from the little 
tent among the pines where the rest of my family 
were continuing their slumbers. I followed the 
long path which led along the cliffs, here coming 
down close to the shore, and there cutting off a 
sharp headland of rocks, till I reached my destina- 
tion. This was a little strip of sandy beach from 
which the water had all receded, for it was at the 
very lowest ebb of the early tide. I sat down upon 
a rock, took a cracker from my pocket, and began 
to investigate both it and the prospect. In front 
of me was the strip of sand sloping down to the 
light waves; behind me was the high bank of 
earth, and the rocks were on either side; but no 
shell was to be found except a few well worn speci- 
mens which had been tossed up. by some departing 
wave. 
But I was not expecting to find shells in plain 
sight, so I cheerfully pulled off my shoes, and 
drew on those very convenient appendages, the 
Fig. 150, x 7 (*) 
