lives in the heart of the town near Sitaram Mandir (temple). With a little persuation, he became amenable to contact.

At 6:45 p.m. the same day (5th October), Baba left Lyallpur and reached Khushab, an old district town of the Punjab, past midnight. All rested at the dak bungalow for a few hours.

6th October: In the morning, Baba with the party left in a bus for a village called Pail, 28 miles away from Khushab. The bus was ever so crowded and uncomfortable. On the top of the village hill, nearly 2 miles of the main track, lives a Mast in a room. Baba walked the distance. The Mast is there for the last 40 years. He has renounced everything of the world. He has an impressive personality. Villagers, Hindus and Mohamedans alike, go to him to pay their respects.

The party returned to Khushab by the same bus going back. After food and a little rest, we left Khushab.

Two tongas were hired to go to Jwalapur, nearly 7 miles off. There is practically no road. Over stretches of deep, rutted tract and sand and stones, the tongas jolted on. They got stuck in the mud half a dozen times when the horses got exhausted. Baba walked two miles with the party and encountered Kasamali Mast. He is said to have many unseen powers. He would cross an unbridged river without swimming or using a boat. When talking on a general subject, everyone of the audience would feel that he was being referred to in particular.

The party returned to Khushab at nightfall.

7th October: Baba woke up at 2—0 in the morning and left Khushab by the four o'clock morning train. At 2—0 in the afternoon, the party reached Lahore.

8th October: Left Lahore in the morning and reached Bhatinda at midnight.

9th October: Left Bhatinda past midnight and reached Bikaner (Rajputana State) on the night of 9th October. The 14 hours' journey from Bhatinda to Bikaner through a sandy desert, in a slow-moving meter gauge train, with no water for a wash or drink and very little brackish water for drinking occasionally at the stations, was a veritable endurance test. Food was equally scarce. Baba was amused to see our faces and dress.

10th October — Mast contacts at Bikaner: In all there were 9 Masts, ranging from low to middle spiritual states. Baba said that the effect of all the 9-Mast contacts was equal to the contact of one good Mast of near-Perfection. The names of the 9 Masts were (1) Jarila Bava (2) Udasi Bava (3) Naga Bava (4) Shah Saheb (5) Hafezjee (6) Miyan Makhdoom Mast (7) Chunni Bava (8) Adu Miyan and (9) Nirali Mast.

11th October: The party left Bikaner by the evening train and reached a small railway station called Narayanpura early next morning. The journey was fairly uncomfortable. They had a hurried breakfast of a few eatables carried with them.

Four miles away is a village called Mithadi. To reach it, one has to walk over a desert stretch. The railroad runs parallel half the distance. Baba permitted to hire a camel and allowed two persons at a time to ride on her alternately, himself riding for a little while. The railroad afforded a comparative brisk walk. The rest of the distance was waded through sand. The party sighted a temple in the Mithadi village and an old Saint lived there for 5 decades. His name was Laxmandas and he was 90 years old. He has a fair, lustrous face and he welcomed Baba most cordially. The Mandali made obeisance from a distance, as Baba bade us to move aside while he entered the room of the Saint. The Saint shed tears of love and gratitude for having met Baba. He is a Salik. He felt overjoyed and responded to the spiritual touch of Baba most favorably.

The party returned to Narayanpura railway station in the afternoon and had a little rest, and left by the evening train for Bharatpur.

11th October: Reached Bharatpur in the morning. A Mast reported to be staying there had moved to Kotah (State). Baba asked us to leave all the luggage at Bharatpur and to entrain for Kotah. We reached there at 8—40 p.m. This was one of the most significant of Mast contacts.