. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ionable importation of ^Mongoose into the UnitedStates is prohibited. MONITOR, the name of a genus of largeOld World lizards. Some species in Egyptattain a length of six feet. They usually in-habit the neighborhood of rivers and lakesand feed upon the eggs of crocodiles, turtlesand aquatic birds. The important species arethe Nile monitor, common all over Africa,and the Ceylonese kahara-goya. The name MONITOR AND MERRIMAC 238
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ionable importation of ^Mongoose into the UnitedStates is prohibited. MONITOR, the name of a genus of largeOld World lizards. Some species in Egyptattain a length of six feet. They usually in-habit the neighborhood of rivers and lakesand feed upon the eggs of crocodiles, turtlesand aquatic birds. The important species arethe Nile monitor, common all over Africa,and the Ceylonese kahara-goya. The name MONITOR AND MERRIMAC 2388 MONKEY monitor is attributable to the belief formerlyheld that these lizards gave warning of theapproach of crocodiles. MONITOR AND MERRIMAC, two curi-ously shaped war vessels which were engagedin battle on March 9, 1862, in the AmericanCivil War. The Merrimac was equippedwith a peaked roof sloping upward from thedeck; the entire exterior was heavily iron-clad. No wooden vessel could successfullycompete with it, and the Merrimac sankFederal vessels at will. On the evening ofMarch 8 a cheesebox on a raft appeared ^CHESAPEAKEBAY >=ri_^ft
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