…and [the Ring] passed into a far distant country, even to the land of the Periannath, the Li

…and [the Ring] passed into a far distant country, even to the land of the Periannath, the Little People, the Halflings, who dwelt in the west of Eriador. ~ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power (Art: “A Long Expected Party” by Inger Edelfeldt)