This event, fortunately not a very disastrous one, was so far useful, as it impressed every one with the necessity of being watchful, even when the Blackfellows were not suspected to be near.
The latitude of our camp was 24 degrees 54 minutes 19 seconds, and about seven miles from our last camp.

Aldis's Peak bore N.W.by W., distant two miles and a half; and I found that it was surrounded by a dense scrub.
After following Zamia Creek for some miles, I turned to the left, and travelled about north-north-west, when the scrub opened, and we came upon open ridges, and, at about a mile and a half from the river, found some fine lagoons.

The ridges, which are spurs of Aldis's Peak and Expedition Range, disappear in the level country to the north-east.

Farther on to the north-north-west, I passed some fine plains, having the black soil, the vegetation, the dry creeks and watercourses, of Darling Downs.

Thick scrub seems to extend all along the foot of the range, from Aldis's Peak to Mount Nicholson.