256 IN THE VISION OF GOD
\vith unusual glee, at the ineffectual efforts of the party to
cover themselves with blankets against the sand-storm.
The night passed without a wink of sleep. When the day
dawned the devil of the storm was laid. The morning
presented a calm and bewitching sight. The twilight spread
its enchanting glow on the tall hills full of vegetation.
Stillness and serenity reigned everywhere and the soft
bracing breeze played on the scene which had assumed a
menacing and troubled aspect the previous night.
At midday they ate meals procured from the annak-
shetras of the place, and towards evening they crossed the
river and reached Swargashram. On the left bank of the
river Ramdas observed a neat building going by the name
of 'Ramashram.' The ashram was built in memory of the
great and renowned Swami Rama Tirtha. Another time
Ramdas had an opportunity to enter this ashram. A portion
of it was then used as a Post office and the rooms inside
were filled with book-cases containing a vast collectioi)
of religious literature in Sanskrit, English and other
languages,
(ii) The boy gets his monkey up
Swargashram is an extensive garden at the base of the
Nilkant hill, close to the banks of the Ganges which is
running down at its front. In this garden, in three rows,
are situated about two hundred kutis or tiny single and
double room structures at twenty yards from one another.
These are intended for the occupation of sadlms. There is
also an annakshetra in the compound for supplying the
sadhus with food twice a day.
The kntis were all full. There was no vacant kuti for
their occupation. They at first settled themselves below a
tree and decided upon spending the night there. But a
kind Bengali sannyasi managed to procure for them a
double knti by a mutual arrangement with its then occu-
pant. So they shifted to the kuti.