October 6

3018-(Aragorn and the Hobbits') camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo wounded.

3019-(The Escort of the Fellowship) cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain.

3020-Frodo is ill again.

3021-Samwise returns to Bag End (from Grey Havens)

September 23 3018

Four Riders enter the Shire before dawn. The others pursue the Rangers eastward, and then return to watch the Greenway. A Black Rider comes to Hobbiton at nightfall. Frodo leaves Bag End. Gandalf having tamed Shadowfax rides from Rohan.