Things of Middle-earth
Hunting Dogs
Type: Animals
Description:[Thorin Oakenshield's company, on the Elf-path in Mirkwood; they had just pulled Bombur out of the Enchanted River, and he had fallen asleep from the effects of the water:]
They were still standing over him [Bombur], cursing their ill luck, and Bombur's clumsiness, and lamenting the loss of the boat which made it impossible for them to go back and look for the hart [that Thorin had just shot], when they became aware of the dim blowing of horns in the wood and the sound as of dogs baying far off. Then they all fell silent; and as they sat it seemed they could hear the noise of a great hunt going by to the north of the path, though they saw no sign of it.
The Hobbit, Ch 8, Flies and Spiders
Contributors: Elena TIriel 25May04