SIR,-1 have just read the text of a most interesting

paper by Mr. Harry Price, in which, amongst other interesting things, he said that the S.P.R. had investigated the case of Mr. Kuda Bux, the young Indian, who can walk barefoot, unscathed, along a red-hot trench with a surface temperature of 806° F. Mr. Kuda Bux, last week, has been very busy in New Delhi. With large slabs of dough over each eye ; thick pads of cotton-wool on top of the dough ; a long surgidal bandage wound round the cotton-wool, and two heavy pieces of cloth

swathed over the whole of his face : (s) He read aloud extracts from the Statesman.

(2). Read a handwritten sentence and a verse of a poem.

(3) Copied without mistake a Zulu war cry and words of various other languages written on pieces of paper, and (4) Told the date of a rupee coin placed in his hand and the brand of a cigarette held near him.

In the presence of a number of people, including represen- tatives of the Statesman, none of whom had met him before, Kuda Bux was blindfolded as described ; the dough alone was enough to blind him and by the time the cotton-wool bandage and cloths had been added this pleasant-faced slim Kashmiri looked like a Karloff film apparition, and everyone present was satisfied that there was not the faintest possibility of his being able to use his eye.

Kuda Bux then read out correctly portions of an advertise- ment from the Statesman : selected at random by one o f the company. Someone handed him a membership card of the Overseas League and he read this. He was next tested with the sentence—" M. Blum is the Prime Minister of France," written by hand, and read it correctly. A representative of the Statesman wrote " psychological," and Kuda Bux, com- plaining that the dot over the " i " had been omitted, rectified this fault and wrote this word underneath. He repeated this feat. with " conscientious " and with the name of his host in Gurmukhi script, which he does not know but copied exact.

A Zulu war cry did not trouble him—he first read and then copied it.

of the company opened his cigarette case and took out 'a cigarette. " There are three cigarettes left in the case," said Kuda Bus without being asked. He was right. He took a cigarette and read the name of the brand. A coin was held before him. " A 1918 rupee," he said.

He then walked without mishap out of a room crowded with furniture, across a verandah and down some steps into the compound, where he posed for a photograph. The dough, bandages, &c., were removed, and he faced a volley of questions on the theme " How do you do it ? "

Kuda Bux explained that by concentration and meditation he had been developing his mind power " to see with the inner eye " for many years. Since 5935 he had been giving demon- strations before scientific bodies, but his own powers are not yet developed to their fullest extent. He hopes, for instance, soon, to be able to "see through brick walls." He is at present a little reluctant to explain his method fully, but it may be roughly described as persistent development of the inner consciousness, the ability to perceive with the mind instead of with physical sight.

He can see blindfold as far as with the naked eye, can drive a car, for instance, and clistinguith colours. He can also, he claims, see objects held behind his back, but this at present he finds an exhausting strain on his mind power.

He has played billiards blindfold at the Imperial Delhi Gymkhana Club, and also plays bridge blindfold—but very properly does not use the power to see through the back of his opponents' cards.

Mr. Kuda Bux is optimistic about the practical results of his ability. " One day," he -said smilingly, " I shall be the richest man in the world." He hopes that in two years' time he will have developed his own power and knowledge sufficiently to be able to -teach others—the blind for instance. Life-long blindness, he thinks, will be no bar to learning to see through

the mind. He has devoted his own life, since the age of thirteen, to the study of this and allied problems, living mostly in

England, and for the sake of concentration keeping aloof from contact with his family and friends. Now he feels himself to be nearing success. If that is so, the importance of what he has learned cannot be exaggerated.

In the meantime, he is returning to England, and next summer is visiting America to give demonstrations to scientific and psychic associations there. The above is a summary of a Report published in the Statesman.

What seems to me most important of all is that Mr. Kuda Bux's amazing capabilities are soon to be " placed on the market." He means to be a " rich man." I have therefore suggested to him that he should call on Mr. Baldwin, the Prime Minister. Mr. Kuda Bux might with considerable advantage be engaged at the British Foreign Office, or preferably at the. War Office to " keep an eye on " say, Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. Since he can " see through brick walls," and see things " at a distance," he might shortly be able to see things " in advance," and " open the gates of distance," and so forth. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Think it over.

It will be recalled that Swedenborg, who was in his day one of the leading savants of Europe, also possessed this faculty, and was occasionally employed to " open the gates of distance." The evidence was investigated at the time by the philosopher Kant, and is given in an Appendix to his book, entitled Dreams of a Spirit Seer. In the case of Kuda Bux the " power " has been acquired, while in Swedenborg's case—he was born with it.—I am, Sir, yours, &c., J. D. JENKINS. Poona.