"On December 5th, Baba went up the near-by mountain, Mt. Tembi, where a hut has been built for him on the summit; and another a little lower down for some of his mandali. It is a very beautiful spot and at the top a single ridge. It was very difficult to dig deep enough for the four corner poles of the hut, as it is so rocky. We all walked up with Baba to the summit, about three hundred feet above where we are staying. Then he went into seclusion. Baba says he has "special work to finish." He will not be there more than ten days at this time. It is a seclusion and not a fast, all the food for four persons is carried up there (after being cooked here) in tiffin boxes. Also water is carried up. So we see a lot of coming and going, but of course everything is taken to the mandali, not to Baba himself.

"The Nagar mast, that is the sixth plane mast of Ahmednagar, is up there too; he is an old man and they carried him up in a chair. Baba works with him six hours a day, I understand.

"Mrs. Duce and her daughter, Charmian, are flying to India to see Baba shortly . . . Mrs. Duce is a Sufi leader and wants to meet Baba. She has heard of him through Norina and myself and Rabia Martin in San Francisco. Now that Rabia died, Ivy Duce is her Sufi successor.

"Mrs. Duce met Meherjee several times in the United States. When she comes, Baba says she can stay here a week. Dr. Ghani will be called from Lonavla to talk with her, as he has Sufi background and, also, to confer with Dr. Donkin about the mast book they are writing concerning Baba's work with masts, since Rahuri period. It will be quite a large book eventually, on a little-known subject.

"Now to return to Mrs. Duce and her daughter, they will occupy Norina's room and Norina will have to move to the girls' house close by. Moving is easy but where to put your baggage is another thing when you 'live in boxes' as we do here. Another item is that there are four dogs now all of which do not get on with each other. Cracker is Mani's Scottie and being in the group first, thinks he has priority. He definitely does not get on with Foundy, because Cracker is jealous and Foundy can't see enough to protect himself; however, that does not make too much concern because Foundy spends his time under my bed. He is beginning to show his age considerably.

"Then there is Daney, a Great Dane puppy, which Baba gave me. He