accompaniment of Hindu music and chanting. The rhythmic beat of muffled drums was far more effective for this purpose than any Western music, and with its quarter tones, mantramistic in its impact on the warm and inflammable Indian hearts.

A few moments after I had sat on the ground, I moved my legs in the awkward way of Europeans who try as they will, cannot easily assume the lotus position or similar ones—when Baba, with that astonishing sensitivity of consciousness, which never fails to mystify us ordinary mortals, and in the midst of receiving homage and presenting prasad, directed that I should be given a chair especially arranged for that purpose. Here I sat in great comfort for the rest of the proceedings, which lasted until shortly after midday.

This omniscience of the Avatar-—and all Perfect Mastery—is so baffling to the uninstructed, that I cannot resist giving two more examples, told to me by Ramjoo, whose fund of reminiscences, after 35 years with Baba, is prodigious.

Baba's disciples are taught to always keep their attention concentrated on Baba during darshan, unless detailed for other duties. On one occasion at a darshan, where tens of thousands were present a disciple was joking with another devotee, who gently remonstrated with him. They were a long way from Baba and the disciple replied that Baba was far too busy to notice what he was doing. In a flash, Baba turned to him and wagged a reproving finger in his direction!

Another close disciple, Parameshwar Dayal Nigam, has recently returned from a trip all round India, during which he has brought, through his great love for Baba, many to Him. Baba twice told him He was with him all the time. Asked by Baba recently to give a full account of his missionary journeys, the disciple related how, on one occasion, he was discredited and turned out of a Hindu temple. Baba listened with keen interest to the recital and then asked whether there had been any tigers or snakes near by. The disciple at once recalled that at this moment of misfortune, a snake had also menacingly approached him, and he expressed regret for forgetting the incident!

The well-organized crowds now filed past Baba, hour after hour. Baba, heavily handicapped by damaged leg and muscles wasted by lack of use, heroically presented the much-prized gifts to devotees, who in some cases