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tapering upwards (like the Matterhorn), while Celebdil was
simply crowned by a smaller pinnacle.

Still later pencilled notes reversed this explanation, suggesting
that zigil (ZGL) meant 'silver' and zirak meant 'spike'. - Of
Kibil-nala my father noted that 'the meaning of nala is not
known. If it corresponds to rant [in Celebrant] and lode [in
Silverlode], it should mean "path, course, rivercourse or bed".'
He added later: 'It is probable that the Dwarves actually found
silver in the river.'
23. Delduath: 'Deadly Nightshade', Taur-na-Fuin; Dor-Daedeloth:
'Land of the Shadow of Dread', the realm of Morgoth. See
references in the Index to Vol. V, entries Delduwath, Dor-
Daideloth.
24. Literally: 'fire be for saving of us'.
25. The passage that follows here must have been rejected as soon as
written:
As he stepped forward Boromir suddenly stumbled on some
hidden point of stone, and fell headlong. Trotter, who was just
behind, was taken unawares and fell on top of him. Merry and
Pippin were flung from their shoulders and vanished deep into
the snow.
This, though changed to suit the altered story of the descent, was
derived from the old version, VI.427.

IX.
THE MINES OF MORIA (1):
THE LORD OF MORIA.

It seems very probable, if not actually demonstrable, that a new
version of the first part of the Moria story (corresponding to FR II
Chapter 4, 'A Journey in the Dark') preceded the first draft of its
continuation, and I therefore give the texts in their narrative sequence.
The original draft of 'The Mines of Moria' (VI.445-60) had come to
an end as the Company stood before the tomb of Balin, and at this
time the narrative of The Lord of the Rings went no further - apart
from a preliminary sketch of the further events in Moria, VI.442 - 3
and 462. This therefore is the last chapter for which formed narrative
from an earlier phase of work existed.
In a manuscript that bears a distinct resemblance in style to that of
the new version of 'The Ring Goes South' described in the last chapter,
my father now rewrote the first part of the story of the journey
through the Mines. As in the last chapter, there are a few pages of
rough initial drafting for particular passages, but (unless more have
been lost) the development of the new version was very largely
achieved in the actual writing of this manuscript, which is a mass of
(mostly small) corrections made at the time of composition. Of