Desai spent about a week with Hamilton at Gosaba in early February and wrote about the visit in a four-part series in "Harijan", the Gandhian weekly. Desai was impressed with both Hamilton (“a remarkable man” of “lofty idealism” and ) and the Gosaba project. Desai was there on 7 February 1935, when the final clod of earth was placed to complete 130 miles of dikes. Over the previous 30 years Gosaba had gone from easily flooded jungle to a prosperous estate of 10,000 people in twenty-five villages, linked by a network of cooperative societies, dispensaries and schools. All disputes were settled locally and there was no alcohol in evidence. It showed what a benevolent and reform-minded landlord could achieve. But Gosaba only pointed “toward” an ideal estate, and Desai ends his series with several suggested improvements including lower rates of rent. Hamilton died on his 79th birthday.