MARMOSET 



MAROCHETTI 



Mnrmort. * name given to a group of 

 American inmikevn which are always of small 

 be. anil which differ in various particulars from 

 other American monkey* (nee MONKKY). The 



popular name of Oimliit has twen ghen to 

 monkey* on account of the sharp whistling sound 

 which 'they make when frightened or irritated. 



There are a good many specie* of marmoset* which 

 are placed in two genera, Midas and llapale, lx>th 

 confined to Central and South America, These 

 creatara* are eauily kept in captivity, and are 

 u-.im.lly of an affectionate disposition. 



Waraot (Arrtomyi), a genus of rodent*. lielong- 

 ing to the family Scinridn*, resemble squirrels in 

 their dentiti.iti. although in form anil hahita they 

 more eloselv resemble rat* and mice. They have two 

 toei*or and two premolam in each jaw. four molars 

 on each side alHivc. and three belnw. The Common 

 Marmot, or Alpine Marmot (A. martno(ta), U a 

 native of tin- Alp. the Pyrenees, and the more 

 northern mountain* of Europe, up to the limit- i 

 perpetual snow, and i found aim in Asia. It 

 U about the iu' of a ral>liit, gravuli veilow. brown 



Tb. AIpbM Msmot ( Arrtomf, marmott*\ 



toward* the head : fwd on root*, leave*. inwt. 

 Ace ; and I* gTg""ou*. often living in large societies. 

 Marmot* upend the winter in tlicir burrows, in 

 M ehaiahyr of which in a More of drieil gram ; 

 bat UM icrmler part of the winter in poftwd in n 

 torpid condition. The Alpine Mnrmot i easily 

 Uiiwl. There are three kin<U of marmot* in 

 Nortli America, all popularly termed \V.l 

 The Prairie Marmot' (MM PBAIHIE 



DOG) u nearly allied, but does not belong to the 

 Nuue genus. 



rlarnp, a river of France, the most consider- 

 able tributary of the Seine, risen in the plateau of 

 Langres, flown north-west past Chalons to Epernay, 

 nnd thi-ni-i- went, joining the Seine at Charenton, a 

 few miles nUive I'aris. its lenj-tli is 3i2i miles, and 

 it innavigable for l.'ti miles up to St li/irr. Its 

 stream is rather rapid, and in most places has a 

 wide bed. It is connected by canals with the 

 Hhine, the Aisne, and the Seine. 



MariH'. a department in the north cast of 

 France, formed out of the old province of Cham- 

 pagne, U traversed by the river Mainr, ami in 

 a less extent by the si-ine and the Aisne. Area, 

 3159 sq. m. ; pop. (1891 ) 434,602. It i- in the dry 

 and chalky soil of the north that the best varieties 

 of Champagne Wine (q.v.) are grown, of which 

 two-fifths are exported. The rearing of sheep is 

 an important industry, and extensive woollen 

 manufactures are earned on. Cereals, beetroot, 

 and potatoes are grown ; honey and wax are pro- 

 duced ; building stone U quarried ; anil metal 

 works, tanneries, &c., are in operation. Manic 

 is divided into the live arroinlisseineiits of ( 'halon. 

 snr-Slarne (the capital), fipemay, Khcims, Sainte- 

 Menehould, and Vitr}--le-Francois. 



Mann 1 . HAUTE, a department in the north- 

 east of France, formed chiefly out of the old 

 province of Champagne, and embracing the land 

 in the ii|i|HT basins of the Maine and the Men-' . 

 It rioes in the xouth into the plateau of Langres 

 and the M..nt> Faucilles ( 1500 to 1600 feet). Area, 

 Jin-' sq. in. ; pop. (1891) 243,533, a decrease of 

 1 1,343 since 1881. Cereals, wine ( 12 million gallons 

 annually), fruit*, and potatoes are the principal 

 pnxlucta. The department yields 200,000 tons of 

 iron ore annually, ami there are numerous furnaces. 

 The cutlery in in high repute. There are three 

 arronili-x'ini'iitsof Chaumont, Langre*, and Vossy ; 

 capital, Cliaiiiniint. 



MariiK. Pmi.IP VAN, Lord of St Aldegonde, 

 IMitch writer and patriot, was Inrni at llni*t-el> in 

 I .Vis. A pupil of Calvin and Beza at (>cneva, on 

 his return home he took an active part in promot- 

 ing the Reformation, and in 1506 a no less active 

 I'.-n t in the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain. 

 An intimate friend of William of Orange, lie was 

 :i|i|iointed by this great man to be lii- rc|cM>nt.'i- 

 tive at the first meeting of the K-tate> of the 

 Tinted Provinces, held at Don in 1572, and on 

 siilwequent occasions was sent on siH-eial mi.-Mons 

 to the courts of France and Knglaml. After help- 

 ing to cement the Union of Utrecht ami visiting 

 the diet at Worms, he was nominated in 1583 

 burgomaster of Antwerp. This city he defended 

 thirteen months against the Spaniards; hut. hav- 

 ing then capitulated, he incurred so much ill-will 

 that he retiied finiii public life. The leisure of his 

 retirement he utilised for literary work, besides 

 taking an active interest in the newly-founded 

 university of Leyden. From his pen came the 

 \\'ilfir!mi< song, the hymn of Dutch liberty and 

 rrnteHtantism ; the epoch-making prose satire on 

 the Human Catholic Church, entitled The Roman 

 Bee-hirr (15(1(1); a metrical translation of the 

 Psalms from the Hebrew (1580); and the begin- 

 ning of a prose translation of the Bible. Marnix 

 died at Leyden, 15th Decemlier 1598. His works 

 iited in 7 vols. ( Brussels, 185. r > 50) ; his 

 religious works in 2 vols. (1871-73). See Lives in 

 Dnt.-h by Hroeo (1K40) and Fredericq (1882), and 

 the French monograph by Juste (1858). 



Mnrocro. See MOROCCO. 



llarorhflli. CARLO, BARON, an Italian 

 sculptor of respectable talent, was born at Turin 

 in 1805, and trained in Bosio's studio. Settling 



