The Great River

The Fellowship of the Ring chapters
Book I A Long-expected Party The Shadow of the Past Three is Company A Short Cut to Mushrooms A Conspiracy Unmasked The Old Forest In the House of Tom Bombadil Fog on the Barrow-downs At the Sign of the Prancing Pony Strider A Knife in the Dark Flight to the Ford
Book II Many Meetings The Council of Elrond The Ring goes South A Journey in the Dark The Bridge of Khazad-dûm Lothlórien The Mirror of Galadriel Farewell to Lórien The Great River The Breaking of the Fellowship

The Great River is the ninth chapter of the second book in The Fellowship of the Ring.

Summary

The journey by boat down the Anduin was uneventful for some days. They passed through barren lands laid by Sauron and came across no living things except black swans flying overhead. The company decided for the most part to follow Aragorn along the path to Mordor that he had recommended. Boromir disagreed, wanting to return to his home with the Ring, because of the dream he had had. Aragorn and Legolas went on ahead to find a safe route past the Falls of Rauros. They returned to tell the company that they must leave the river and go by road for a while.