176 WEST 
sian service and made many 
discoveries in the northern 
waters. He was wrecked 
and died on Bering Island 
in 1741. Herr Friele; whose 
name also appears attached 
to certain shells, was a Nor- 
wegian. This shell is cov- 
ered with a persistent, red- 
dish-brown epidermis, and 
is delicately sculptured. 
Fig. 172, x 3 (*) 
AMERICAN SHELLS 
Fig. 171, x 72 (*) 
The aperture is 
snowy white within. 
Another magnifi- 
eent shell of this 
series is shown in 
Bieure: 172. . Its 
name is Beringius 
kennicottu, Dall, 
Kennicott’s Ber- 
ing-shell. In 
spawning time it 
comes into shallow 
water on the coast 
of .Kadiak Island, 
