Re: the VALtUaM

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no sign of any dwelling. They were growing anxious, for they now saw
that the house might be hidden almost anywhere between them and the
mountains. They came on unexpected valleys, narrow with deep sides, that
opened suddenly at their feet, and they looked down surprised to see
trees below them and running water at the bottom. There were gullies
that they could almost leap over; but very deep with waterfalls in them.
There were dark ravines that one could neither jump nor climb into.
There were bogs, some of them green pleasant places to look at with
flowers growing bright and tall; but a pony that walked there with a
pack on its back would never have come out again. It was indeed a much
wider land from the ford to the mountains than ever you would have
guessed. Bilbo was astonished. The only path was marked with white
stones some of which were small, and others were half covered with moss