Another thing to point out would be that, living in Gondolin, the Legolas Greenleaf from the Lost Tales would probably have been a Gnome, the Elves that later became named the Noldor. The Legolas Greenleaf we see in Lord of the Rings is by no means Noldorin. This, at least to me, is a clear indicator that this particular character from the early writing was abandoned, at least in name, and that the Professor used the name again when making a new character. This is opposed to Glorfindel of Gondolin, who was retained in the Silmarillion, and was written of by the Professor as being the same as the one at Imladris. ('Last Writings: Of Glorfindel, Ćrdan, and Other Matters'; HoME XII, Peoples of Middle Earth)
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`A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'
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