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Notes- In ancient Egypt children inherited rank from their father only - i.e a nobleman's children by a slave ranked equal with his [[strikeout]] legitimate [[strikeout/]] children by a freewoman his wifes as was the case in ancient Persia In Persia the sacrifices of flesh when offered upon the altar & the gods were supposed to take its essence or spirit and the flesh was afterward divided among the priests and people. Eschscholtz Bay September 8th Went on shore in the morning When the tide was out so I could find fossil bones along the flat bordering the cliff. We found the water had receded so far that we came aground some 2 miles from shore that to walk in over the mud flat. At the point we came ashore were a lot of drift wood sticks erected into frames for drying fish & other traces of a summer camp but it has not been used this year. Along the beach just below high tide line I found various fossil bones of the Mammoth- Musk Ox (skull) and fossil Bison beside others All these bones lay exposed on the surface whenever the bottom was firm enough to prevent their sinking from