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   From: le@top.put.com   
      
   In rec.arts.books.tolkien 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.   
      
   Indeed.   
   I doubt "Swarthy Men" would be distinguished as such were the   
   other Men likewise.   
      
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