During the day, Baba contacted about ten masts, the most distinguished being Mohammed Baba, a sixth-plane jalali mast with a fierce temperament. He was an old Muslim man, who wore dirty, ragged clothes. Bundles of rags belonging to this mast were piled on shelves in a teashop, where the mast-saint had been sitting for the past 26 years. Baba tried to contact him twice at the teashop, but the mast was extremely abusive and did not wish to be contacted. Finally, on the third attempt, he allowed Baba to touch his feet, though Baba was not completely satisfied.
Also contacted in Cuttuck was the renowned Pagla Baba , who was half-mast and half-salik. This high-type soul was worshiped by many, and had an ashram where disciples performed arti and puja before him. Baba was pleased with his contact, and Pagla gave sweetmeats to Baba, which he ate. A mastani, called Thakore Mai , was also contacted by Baba. This woman wandered around Cuttuck naked, except for a bundle of rags on her head. Another mastani, called Ghell , was contacted by Baba. She was a hefty woman, who usually sat on the steps of a particular medical dispensary. Also noteworthy was Hafizji Baba , a thin old man who lay in a hovel that he had made out of the body of a junked bus. Baba took him to a restaurant, where he was served tea and biscuits.
The same night, Pendu and Eruch left Cuttuck by train for Raipur to prepare things for Baba's seclusion at Sihawa. Jal Kerawalla, who was already working toward getting everything ready, was cabled to speed up preparations. On 19 October, Baba, Kaka, Gustadji and Baidul left by train, and got down at Jharsugudu in the afternoon. They went to Sambalpur on the 20th, but they could not find any masts so they returned to Jharsugudu, and boarded a train for Raigarh, arriving the next day.
As Age related, "Meher Baba's mast hunts were never 'holidays'; Baba was always working, even while relaxing. His journeys in search of masts were filled with inconveniences: discomforts in traveling, barely edible food in wayside places, and little, if any, sleep. India is not a pleasant country to travel through, with its tropical sun and rains; the roads to its back-country places and out-of-the-way towns were rough and, in those days, often impassable except in a bullock cart or tonga, or on foot.