“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears.” —THOREAU

To the Honourable Robert Philp, M.L.A.

“Exact in his life,
Extensive in his charity,
Exemplary in everything he does,”

THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY ONE WHO OWES TO HIM MUCH OF HIS LOVE FOR TROPICAL QUEENSLAND.