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   From: omeallymd@geemail.com   
      
   On 2018-02-14 17:59:07 +0000, Paul S. Person said:   
      
   > On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:27:39 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> The Rangers are described as being "darker than the Men of Bree".   
   >>   
   >> I always thought they had tanned skin from their wandering woodland   
   >> lifestyle, and not because they were a distinct race. They spent their time   
   >> outdoors.   
   >   
   > A rough, outdoors life would account for Bakshi's visualization --   
   > both extreme tanning (as you point out) and the general roughness of   
   > features.   
      
   As I recall, Sam's skin is also described as being brown, consistent   
   with him being a gardener.   
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