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MARMOSET , a name derived from Fr. marmouset (meaning " of a See also:

gross figure "), and used to designate the small tropical See also:American monkeys classed by naturalists in the See also:family Hapalidae (or Chrysothricidae). Marmosets are not larger than squirrels, and See also:present See also:great variation in See also:colour; all have See also:long tails, and many have the ears tufted. They differ from the other American monkeys in having one pair less of molar See also:teeth in each See also:jaw. The See also:common marmoset, Ha See also:pale (or Chrysothrix) jacchus, is locally See also:Marne and See also:Aube. Pop. (r906), 434,157. See also:Area 3167 sq. m. About one-See also:half consists of See also:Champagne-Pouilleuse, a monotonous and barren See also:plain covering a See also:bed of See also:chalk 1300 ft. in thickness. On the See also:west and on the See also:east it is commanded by two ranges of hills. The highest point in the See also:department (920 ft.) is. in the See also:hill See also:district of See also:Reims, which rises to the See also:south-west of the See also:town of the same name, between the Vesle and the Marne. The lowest level (164 ft.) where the See also:Aisne leaves the department, is not far distant. To the south of the Marne the hills of Reims are continued by the heights of See also:Brie (700 to 800 ft.).

All these belong geologically to the See also:

basin of See also:Paris. They slope gently towards the west, but command the plain of Champagne-Pouilleuse by a steep descent on the east. On the farther See also:side of the plain are the heights of See also:Argonne (86o ft.) formed of beds of the See also:Lower Chalk, and covered by forests; they unite the calcareous formations of See also:Langres to the See also:schists of See also:Ardennes, and a continuation of them stretches southward into Perthois and the marshy See also:Bocage. The department belongs entirely to the See also:Seine basin, but includes only 13 See also:miles of that See also:river, in the south-west; it there receives the Aube, which flows for ro miles within the department. The See also:principal river is the Marne, which runs through the department for ro5 miles in a great sweep See also:concave to the south-west. The Aisne enters the department at a point 12 miles from its source, and traverses it for 37 miles. Two of its affluents on the See also:left, the Suippes and the Vesle, on which stands Reims, have a longer course from south-east to See also:north-west across the department. Marne has the temperate See also:climate of the region of the Seine; the See also:annual mean temperature is 50° F., the rainfall about 24 in. Oats, See also:wheat, See also:rye and See also:barley among the cereals, See also:lucerne, See also:sainfoin and See also:clover, and potatoes, mangold-wurzels and See also:sugar- -~ See also:beet are the principal agricultural crops. The raising of See also:sheep of a mixed See also:merino breed and of other stock together with See also:bee- ~- ...'x \ % farming are profitable. The vineyards, concentrated chiefly The Alpine See also:Marmot (Arctomys marmotta). I See also:round Reims and See also:Epernay, are of high value; the manufacture I of the sparkling Champagne wines being a highly important (q.v.), the commonest See also:species being A. monax.

The so-called I See also:

industry, of which 1pernay, Reims and Chalons are the See also:chief See also:prairie-See also:dogs, which are smaller and more slender North American centres. Several. communes See also:supply the more valuable vegetables, rodents with small cheek-pouches, See also:form a See also:separate genus, such as See also:asparagus, onions, &c. The principal See also:orchard fruits are Cynomys; while the See also:term pouched-marmots denotes the various species of See also:souslik (q.v.), Spermophilus (or Citillus), which are common to both hemispheres, and distinguished by the presence of large cheek-pouches (see See also:RODENTIA).

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