HAD A WEAKNESS IT WAS FOR TREASURE, ESPECIALLY FOR SILVER AND WHITE GEMS; AND THOUGH HIS HOARD WAS RICH, HE WAS EVER EAGER FOR MORE, SINCE HE HAD NOT YET AS GREAT A TREASURE AS OTHER ELF-LORDS OF OLD. His people neither mined nor WORKED METALS OR JEWELS, NOR DID THEY BOTHER MUCH WITH TRADE OR WI