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We reached an area with a grove of camphor trees,36 each of which might have supplied a hundred men with shade. A person wishing to draw camphor has only to pierce the upper bark with a long rod and catch what falls. This is liquid camphor, the honey of that tree, which flows and later sets like gum. Later the tree dries and becomes firewood.
The Annotated Arabian Nights: Tales from 1001 Nights
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