128 THE BEGINNINGS OF SEERSHIP. Englishman. He had a long white beard, and on his chest a mystic symbol. We will call him “the Master.” Hespoke to the Guru in reference to my health, saying, “ Life in the animal yet” (a sentence I had to get translated by an Anglo- Indian colonel), I wondered why they came to me,a man likely to die at any moment. On April 6, 1907, the description was printed in Light. Once or twice I have seen this Master since his first visit, and on one occasion (August, 1908), Miss McCreadie saw him in my drawing-room, but could say no more than “Oh, what a man! Oh, what a hand- some man!” A gentleman has also seen him with me. So far there is little proof that he is not a “self-created delusion.” But on August 18, 1909, nearly two-and-a-half years after his description was printed in Lig#?, the Master was recognized from that description, with a few more details, by an Oriental gentleman (whom I met quite casually on a yacht) as having been his own great grandfather, a distinguished military chief who is still venerated by his countrymen. On August 23, that gentleman, whom we will call Mr. X. (as his name must in no way appear, owing to professional and family reasons), dined with me, and after some music we began to talk about the Master. I said, ‘ He rarely comes here, so don’t be expectant.” However, the Master did come, and with him came the Guru, They spoke to me in their language, and I repeated it as best Icould. Tomy amazement it was correctly given so as to be understood by Mr. X., and the words