Was already logged off, but thought to check one more time. Lo and behold, Pyan has indeed chosen the correct reference.
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I have no waking recollection of furry pigmies (in book or moonlight); nor of any Hobbit bogey in print by 1904. I suspect that the two hobbits are accidental homophones, and are content that they are not (it would seem) synonyms.
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Was looking for
hobbits, but the reference was the real trick.
A furry pygmy bell is awarded to the ancient one.