Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . had better fortunetowards the east and north ; Init though he hadenough of able generals, such as Marcian, Tiberius,and Alauricius, yet the incompetent governmentfound it impossible to raise a disciplined army, andwas obliged to have recourse to the fatal expe-dient of employing mercenaries. Khosrft, kingof Persia, took Dara after a long and gallant resist-ance, and followed up his success by conqueringMesopotamia and Syria. He was repeatedly drivenIjack by Mauricius, but returned with redouViledfury. In the midst of this war, J. d
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . had better fortunetowards the east and north ; Init though he hadenough of able generals, such as Marcian, Tiberius,and Alauricius, yet the incompetent governmentfound it impossible to raise a disciplined army, andwas obliged to have recourse to the fatal expe-dient of employing mercenaries. Khosrft, kingof Persia, took Dara after a long and gallant resist-ance, and followed up his success by conqueringMesopotamia and Syria. He was repeatedly drivenIjack by Mauricius, but returned with redouViledfury. In the midst of this war, J. died, 2UthSeptember 578, after appointing Tiberius, one of hisgenerals, as his successor. J. had been insane from574, from which time till his death the supremeauthority was in the hands of the empress. JUTE is the fibre of an Indian plant, the Cor-cliorus capsidaris of botanists (see Corchorus), andanother species, C. alitorius ; the former, however, isthe one from which the fibre is chiefly obtained. Thefibre constitutes the inner bark, and is separated by. Jute [Corchorus capsularls). maceration. It is sometimes obtained 12 feet has become a very important part of thecommerce of this and other countries, although itsintroduction to Europe for the purposes of weavingis of comparatively recent date. Previous to 1830,it was scarcely known, except in the form ofgunny-bags, in Mhich sugar, rice, pepper, and otherjn-oducts of India had been constantly imported,without attracting attention to the nature of thematerial of which they were made. When the rawfibre was first introduced, its great length led to 7G1 JUTERBOGK—JTJVESTLE OFPE^^)EES. the impression that it Trould be useM for cordage ;subsequent trials, however, soon shewed that itsliability to injury from moisture made it useless forthat purpose. But its capabihties for emplojTQent insuch fabrics as matting and coarse carpeting soonbecame apparent, and a vast trade sprang up. Itsemplojnnent for coarse baggi
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