after every bloody battle.«
    »Some did and other some didn't. When Sir William push'd the German,
Dieskau, thro' the defiles at the foot of the Hori -«
    »Your Sir William was a drone to Sir Paul, and knew nothing of regularity.
So here begins the roll call - by-the-bye, old man, what between bee-hunting and
buffaloe humps, and certain other matters, I have been too busy to ask your
name; for I intend to begin with my rear guard, well knowing that my man in
front is too busy to answer.«
    »Lord, lad, I've been called in my time, by as many names, as there are
people among whom I've dwelt. Now, the Delawares nam'd me for my eyes, and I was
called after the far-sighted hawk. Then ag'in the settlers in the Otsego hills
christened me anew, from the fashion of my leggings, and various have been the
names by which I have gone through life: But little will it matter when the time
shall come that all are to be muster'd, face to face, by what titles a mortal
has play'd his part; I humbly trust I shall be able to answer to any of mine, in
a loud and manly voice.«
    Paul paid little or no attention to this reply, more than half of which was
lost in the distance, but pursuing the humour of the moment, he called out, in a
stentorian voice to the naturalist to answer to his name. Doctor Battius had not
thought it necessary to push his success beyond the comfortable niche, which
accident had so opportunely formed for his protection and in which he now
reposed from his labors, with a pleasing consciousness of security, added to
great exultation at the possession of the botanical treasure already mentioned.
    »Mount. Mount, my worthy mole-catcher! come and behold the prospect of
skirting Ishmael! Come and look nature boldly in the face, and not go sneaking,
any longer, among the Prairie grass and mullen tops, like a gobbler nibbling for
grass hoppers.«
    The mouth of the light-hearted and reckless bee hunter was instantly closed,
and he was rendered as mute, as he had just been boisterous and talkative, by
the appearance of Ellen Wade. When the melancholy maiden took her seat on the
point of the rock, as mentioned, Paul affected to employ himself in conducting a
close inspection of the household effects of the squatter. He rummaged the
drawers of Esther