Chapter+Eight+(Use+of+Power)

In chapter eight, Thorin, Bilbo, and the dwarves are in Mirkwood, mysterious, creepy woods. They have to cross the enchanted stream to stay on the path, strongly suggested from Gandalf. They get the boat from the other side, and keep going back and forth til everyone is over. Bombur is the last one to reach the shore of the opposite side, but falls in the river. Encahnted by the powers of the waters of the river, he falls into a deep sleep. The river had the power to "charm" whoever touched the waters. It used this power for evil, so that anyone that tried to get across would not make it to the other side.