. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. monkeys principally in having thick,woolly fur. They are agile in their move-ments, resemble squirrels in general appear-ance, feed upon fruit and insects and occa-sionally upon the smaller birds and theireggs. One species, known as the silky mar-moset, has a. long, silky mane on the headand neck. They are among the most intel-ligent of the entire monkey family. SeeMonkey. MARMOT, a small gnawing animal,classed with the squirrels. It li
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. monkeys principally in having thick,woolly fur. They are agile in their move-ments, resemble squirrels in general appear-ance, feed upon fruit and insects and occa-sionally upon the smaller birds and theireggs. One species, known as the silky mar-moset, has a. long, silky mane on the headand neck. They are among the most intel-ligent of the entire monkey family. SeeMonkey. MARMOT, a small gnawing animal,classed with the squirrels. It lives in NorthAmerica, Europe and Northern Asia. Mar-mots have thick bodies, short tails and shortlegs. They live in large communities in longburrows, and during the winter lie in deepsleep. The prairie dog, or prairie marmot,is the most familiar American species. An-other species found in America is the wood- MARNE RIVER 2256 MARQUIS chuck of the middle states. See PrairieDog; Woodchuck. MARNE RIVER, since 1914 the most no-table river in France, better known than eventhe Seine, into which it flows, four miles fromParis. It was at the Mame that the German. MARMOT hordes were stopped in 1914, at the beginningof the World War, after they had declaredtheir intention to enter Paris before the endof September. A series of intensely criticalbattles, fought between September 6 and Sep-tember 12, were given the collective name,the Battle of the Mame. In 1918 this en-gagement was renamed the first Battle of theMarne, for the titanic struggle which was theturning point of the war was fought on prac-tically the same field. This time, too, thedefending allied troops were fighting to keepthe enemy, mad with victory, out of Francesbeautiful capital. At Chateau Thierry, onthe north bank of the river, the Germanswere so badly worsted that the retreat thenbegun was not halted until their surrenderended the war. In this battle Americantroops showed their valor. See World War,for details. The Marne
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