did, however, bow down and touch the feet of all to whom he gave money on this day.

"Following this visit to the flooded area of Bihar Baba went to Janakpur. Janakpur lies in Nepal, about twenty miles from the Indian frontier, these twenty miles being covered in a quaint and almost toy railroad that takes four hours to run so short a distance. Janakpur is a Hindu pilgrim center and is traditionally the birthplace of Sita (who is also known as Janaki), the wife of Ram. There are many temples and ashrams in this charming and picturesque little town, and Baba contacted a number of Sadhus and a few spiritually advanced souls. You may be interested to hear that Baba's visit to Nepal took place only a week or two before the recent disturbances there broke out.

“From Nepal, Baba made his way to Calcutta, though we should digress, I think, to tell you about an unusual incident that took place on a small railway station called Colgon, that lay on the route to Calcutta. Those who have read the Wayfarers and the two smaller volumes describing Baba's mast work, may have noticed how Baba often submits himself, or so it would seem, to the caprices of a mast. This was, then a mast who spent most of his time on this station at Colgon, or roaming the streets adjacent to it, and Baba's insistence upon responding to his caprices was the chief cause of the incident that followed. Most of the station staff and local inhabitants allowed this mast to do what he liked, since he was generally believed to be a madman.

“Baba contacted this mast, who then insisted that Baba and his men should spend the night with him as his 'guests.' You or I would probably have declined such an invitation with a laugh, and given it no further thought. Baba, however, although he did not want to accept the invitation, also did not want to leave Colgon without getting the mast to cancel his invitation. Several messages were therefore sent to the mast explaining that Baba and his men must leave for Calcutta by the next train, and would he, the mast, be so good as to cancel his invitation, etc., etc. The mast by this time had come onto the station platform, where a moderate crowd was waiting for the next train, and for some reason or other the crowd and the whole station staff became enraged that our party should take an interest in their pet madman. The climax was that Eruch and Baidul were pulled about and received a few timid blows, and the