The Yondershire is traditionally considered the 'wild' part of the Shire, the last part to be occupied by the hobbits centuries after the original settlement of the rest of the region. Originally covered in woods that served as hunting grounds for Gil-galad and, later, Elendil, it became part of the province of Arthedain when Arnor was settled but preserved as wilderness by writ of the king. Later kings, however, razed the old forests for farmland; some woods later grew back but much of it remains open country, heather-covered moors and fields of rich tilth that support such crops as barley, hemp, and cotton.1/1
'Oh, I have been on an adventure or two, the same as you, I'm sure! I don't know that I have much to say about them, for the moment, but yes, I have been writing them down. You should do the same! You don't want to forget anything, after all.' - Bingo Boffin, visiting with the North-tooks1/1
'Preserve the lands of our kin, and make safe the borders of our home.' - First Rule of the Bounders, Codified by Blanco Tuck in the years before his disappearance around 1685 of the Third Age1/1
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