He did, though. It's in Chapter VI, Lothlórien. It's in the begininng of the chapter. I'm glad that line wasn't in the movie. It continues with;
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"...If it were known that hobbits had such hides, all the hunters of Middle-earth would be riding to the Shire."
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That's sick...Tolkien must have been in a "mood". (Can you imagine? Hobbit season...horrors!)