Barus

In Sumatra the best camphor is obtained in a district called Barus, and all good camphor bears that local name.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

It is also to be highly regretted that very early work on "reversed EM waves", such as the paper by Barus, ibid., was not vigourously followed up at the time.

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I had fought seven fellows, and finshed them off with a dispatch which, it seemed to me, might have pleased even Kenneth and Barus, my former mentors in such matters.

Rogue Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1982

Barus half pulled me from the stall and pushed me toward the end of the wagon.

Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980

I looked back once and saw Kenneth and Barus, too, hurrying from the vicinity of the wagon.

Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980

"Do you think there is danger?" asked Barus of Kenneth.

Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980

Barus reached to a peg in the stall to get my slave hood and shackles.

Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980

Kenneth and Barus, too, were weary of her constant spyings and reportings to the Mistress.

Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980

"Get out of the wagon," I heard Barus ordering someone down the line from me.

Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980

I was half dragged, half pushed, by a crowd, Kenneth and Barus close to me, Taphris behind, through the barred gate leading to the sand pit.

Fighting Slave Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1980