It sounds right for them: camphor balls.

All right, maybe you don't know what camphor balls are.

When you belong to the lost generation you can't take time off from tragedy to investigate camphor balls.

It was here one minute and gone 15 later, leaving no trace beyond a few old T-shirts packed away in camphor balls.

The women's own clothes were washed by three members of each mess, hung out on the deck to dry then dry packed away in boxes with camphor balls.

The world's crudest alcohol was mixed with caramel, a couple of camphor balls, copious amounts of water, pepper and a shredded plug of tobacco.

Talked all night about burros, gasoline, & camphor balls which he seemed wanting to buy in gunny sack.

I've tried camphor balls as a repellent with no success.

At this time of year, his chief income was derived from the sale of camphor balls, considered a sovereign remedy for colds, catarrh, and consumption.

I tried using camphor balls around the plants, but the neighbors complained about the smell and when I last looked the squirrels were thriving.