This done, the edges of the cover may be fixed to the slide by painting round with gum-dammar dissolved in benzole.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
Night fell at last, and he saw his captors light a couple of dammar-torches, with whose light they were able to see distinctly his every act; and then he noticed that three of the men took up the task of watching him, while the others slept.
"Middy and Ensign"
G. Manville Fenn
Never had night seemed so long, or day so slow in coming; but at last as Ali lay watching he suddenly became aware that the dammar-torches, lit by each watching party in turn, were beginning to pale, and that it was once more day.
"Middy and Ensign"
G. Manville Fenn