And spreading a cloth upon the ground in front of the kneeling camels, he heapeddhurra before them.
Then he kneaded dhurra mixed with water in a wooden vessel, and lighted his pile of fuel with flint and tinder.
On these occasions, they generally have to proceed to Karkoj on the Blue Nile, or some distance up the White Nile, and bring dhurra to Omdurman in boats.
Though dhurra was so expensive, the prices of sheep and cattle were unusually low,--a good ox or cow could be purchased for a dollar and a half or two dollars, and a calf for half a dollar.
I selected the strongest of the three camels for the remainder of my journey, took two water-skins, the greater part of the dates, and a portion of dhurra for my provision.
The day I arrived at Dara, I ordered all the dhurra I could find to be bought up; we had a considerable amount now in store, but more would certainly be advantageous.
The dhurra ration of a slave is generally so small and so bad that numbers of them die of starvation long before they are fortunate enough to be sold.
Detractors were not wanting who declared that he appropriated thedhurra issued by the beit el mal for his troops.
He has under his orders numbers of female slaves, who grind dhurra and prepare the food; it is estimated that three ardebs of dhurra a day are consumed in the Khalifa's household.
But no sooner had the camels swallowed a little dhurra than we were up and off again.
For seven months we lived on dhurra bread and a few boiled vegetables, without oil, butter, or meat.
Numbers of them carried large bundles of dhurra stalk, which they threw into the ditch, hoping to fill it up and then cross over.
Those in charge of the biscuits and dhurra stole quantities of it on every possible occasion, and tried to deceive Gordon by assuring him that there were millions of okes in store, when in reality there was almost nothing.
Every horse-owner is entitled to half an ardeb of dhurra from the beit el mal.
He said to her: Two measures of dhurra and three measures of wheat make together five measures which rest on my arms.
And he loaded himself with wheat and dhurra and went out with it.
The woman Barrak, who had discovered with regret that she was not a wife but a servant, had got over the disappointment, and was now making dhurra cakes upon the doka.
With this simple implement the surface is scratched to the depth of about two inches, and the seeds of the dhurra are dibbled in about three feet apart, in rows from four to five feet in width.
In about a quarter of an hour we distinctly heard the cracking of the dhurra stems, as the elephants browsed and trampled them beneath their feet.
The dhurra (Sorghum andropogon) is the grain most commonly used throughout the Soudan; there are great varieties of this plant, of which the most common are the white and the red.
A few days after the first shower they rise above the ground, and when about six inches high the whole population turn out of their villages at break of day to weed the dhurra fields.
He was the last man to appear, and he only ventured from his hiding-place in the high dhurra when assured of the elephants' retreat.
We had not been half an hour in the dhurra fields before we met a couple of Arab watchers, who informed us that a herd of elephants was already in the plantation; we accordingly followed our guides.
The river is about a mile and a half wide, fringed with mimosas; country dead flat; soil very sandy; much cultivation near the village, but the dhurra of poor quality.
The soil is not so rich as on the banks of the Blue Nile--the dhurra (grain) is small.
Very large quantities of dhurra (Sorghum vulgare) are grown upon this fertile soil; it is now higher than a man's head when mounted upon a camel.
Although not as palatable as wheaten bread, the flour of dhurra is exceedingly nourishing, containing, according to Professor Johnston's analysis, eleven and a half per cent.
These animals, with extreme cunning, invaded the dhurra crops at different positions every night, and retreated before morning to great distances in the thick thorny jungles of the Settite.
In the evening I resolved to watch the dhurrafields for elephants.
In about a quarter of an hour we distinctly heard the cracking of the dhurra stems, as the elephants browsed, and trampled them beneath their feet.
A few days after the first shower they rise above the ground, and when about six inches high, the whole population turn out of their villages at break of day to weed the dhurra fields.
Our donkeys lived exclusively upon the dhurra (Sorghum Egyptiaca) that we carried with us, and the camels required a daily supply of corn in addition to the dry twigs and bushes that formed their dusty food.
As the dhurra is sown in parallel rows about 3 feet apart, and the ground was perfectly flat, there was no difficulty in approaching the direction whence the cracking of the dhurra could be distinctly heard.
Although upon the "qui vive," they had not retreated far, as they were unaccustomed to guns, and they were determined to enjoy their supper after the long march of 20 miles to the attractive dhurra fields.
This might have been a sudden gust, but the sharp crackling of brittle dhurra stems distinctly warned us that elephants had invaded the field, and that they were already at their work of destruction.
The land was rich, and the dhurra grew 10 or 12 feet high, with stems as thick as sugar-cane, while the large heads of corn contained several thousand grains the size of a split-pea.
I knew that about 2,000 acres of dhurra would be at our service by a sudden attack on Belinian, if the troops would work earnestly to secure it.
On 1st August I ordered the troops to receive fifteen days' rations of rice, so as to save the small stock of dhurra until the crops should be ripe upon the island.
The provisions for the troops weredhurra (sorghum vulgare), wheat, rice, and lentils.
There was no dhurra cultivation on the right, near the base of the mountain, as the soil was poor and sandy: we thus had a clear view of the country.
The entire country was overflowing with dhurra and sesame.
I had more than filled one of the great magazines with corn: therefore, including the dhurranow on board several vessels, I had about twelve months' supply for the expedition.
The next dish was the very simple native luxury of dhurra flour boiled into a thick porridge.
He had promised to cultivate a farm for the government, therefore I had given him ten bushels of dhurra for seed, and I had left with him at his request the officer and soldiers, to represent the government and to superintend the cultivation.
For about a hundred acres around the camp, the high dhurra had been cut down; therefore the view was uninterrupted.
The natives are so rich, both in dhurraand cattle, that they will not work, but they are only ready to sleep or steal.
I now scoured the immediate neighbourhood, and discovered a quantity of dhurrathat was just ripened.
The Shillooks are very industrious, and cultivate large quantities of dhurra and some maize, but the latter is only used to eat in a green state, roasted on the ashes.
Cultivation was carried on to a large extent throughout the country; the corn generally used was the common dhurra (Sorghum vulgare).
The plain was covered with villages, and the entire country was green with cultivation, the dhurrabeing then about two feet high.
The wives appeared to be excellent women, as they arrived in great numbers with a quantity of hard porridge made of dhurra flour, which was to form the commissariat for a journey of nearly 160 miles to Unyoro and back.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dhurra" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
