Peter never gave up. When everything else failed he would work by the day

(a sad thing for a digger), and he was even known to do a job of fencing

until such time as he could get a few pounds and a small party together

Talk about the heroic struggles of early explorers in a hostile country;

but for dogged determination and courage in the face of poverty, illness,

and distance, commend me to the old-time digger -- the truest soldier

In the fourth year of his struggle Peter met with a terrible disappointment.

His party put down a shaft called the Forlorn Hope near Happy Valley,