The Scrubs Were Awful, And
Threatened To Surround Us; But We Succeeded In Finding A Fine Large
Lagoon, Probably Filled By The Drainage Of The Almost Level Country To
The North-East.
No water-course, not the slightest channel produced by
heavy rains, was visible to indicate the flow of waters.
Occasionally we
met with swampy ground, covered with reeds, and with some standing water
of the last rains; the ground was so rotten, that the horses and bullocks
sunk into it over the fetlocks. The principal timber trees here, are the
bastard box, the flooded-gum, and the Moreton Bay ash; in the Myal scrub,
Coxen's Acacia attains a very considerable size; we saw also some
Ironbark trees.
The tracks and dung of cattle were observed; and this was the farthest
point to the westward where we met with them. Kangaroos seemed to be very
rare; but kangaroo rats were numerous. Black-fellows were very near to us
last night; they very probably withdrew upon seeing us make our
appearance.
Oct. 10. - Cloudy; wind northerly; thermometer at 2h. 30m. P. M. 88
degrees. At about 1 1/2 or 2 miles distance, in a north-west direction
from our last camp, we came to a fine running creek from the north-east,
which we easily crossed; and, at about one mile farther, reached a
creek - which, at this time of the year, is a chain of lagoons - lined on
both sides by Bricklow scrub, which occupied a portion of its limited
flats in little points and detached groves.
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