"This," he said, "is the best whisky I have tasted in Canada." Hallam laughed.

"Well," he said, "I'm glad I met you, especially as you'll no doubt stop here a little, and size up the mineral resources of the country.

There's lots of information lying round that should be useful to you.

Anyway, you made a big mistake when you took up the Peveril.

Dropped a good many dollars that time, didn't you ?" Deringham's face grew a trifle grim.