Maybe Oromë
was there hunting the deer.
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They were still standing over him, 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, 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.
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Thorin had apparently shot the hart, but it fell in the shadows on the further bank. If they had been able to go check, I wonder if they would have found any sign of it. It was strange that the dwarves could not hit the the white hind and fawns that appeared later with their arrows. Was there something magical or supernatural about these deer?
[ December 05, 2001: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]