His
deference to this particular branch of science had induced him to
listen to the application of a medical man, whose thirst for natural
history had led him to the desire of profiting by the migratory
propensities of the squatter. This gentleman he had cordially received
into his family, or rather under his protection, and they had
journeyed together, thus far through the prairies, in perfect harmony:
Ishmael often felicitating his wife on the possession of a companion,
who would be so serviceable in their new abode, wherever it might
chance to be, until the family were thoroughly "acclimated." The
pursuits of the naturalist frequently led him, however, for days at a
time, from the direct line of the route of the squatter, who rarely
seemed to have any other guide than the sun. Most men would have
deemed themselves fortunate to have been absent on the perilous
occasion of the Sioux inroad, as was Obed Bat, (or as he was fond of
hearing himself called, Battius,) M.D. and fellow of several
cis-Atlantic learned societies--the adventurous gentleman in question.
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