california-shell

Updated: October 2, 2025

"Bung up, and bilge free!" he cried, in an ecstasy, flourishing his driver and hammer. Upon clearing away the barnacles and moss, a flat sort of shell-fish was found, closely adhering, like a California-shell, right over one of the bungs.

Herman Melville - White Jacket: or, the World on a Man-of-War