The kindness of the same gentleman led him to send a takhtrawan for Mrs.Perkins, together with delicacies for her comfort on the way.
A providential escape occurred during the first night after crossing the Arras.

Their road led up a high mountain.

As they were ascending it, the forward mule of the takhtrawan became obstinate, and suddenly ran back, forcing the one behind upon the very brink of the precipice, along which the road ran; and had not divine mercy stayed them just there, takhtrawan, bearers, and occupant would have been dashed down the precipice together.
The following day, they had the pleasure of meeting Dr.Riach, physician of the embassy, whom they had seen at Constantinople, and who had come, with a Russian travelling passport, determined to cross the frontier, if necessary, and remain with them until their liberation.

The medical skill of Dr.Riach did much to aid Mrs.
Perkins in completing the journey to Tabriz, where they arrived on the 23d of August, seventy-four days after their departure from Trebizond.

Three days after, Mrs.Perkins became the mother of a daughter, of whose existence she was unconscious for several days.
Her life was probably saved, under God, through the combined skill and kind attentions of three English physicians, who were then providentially at Tabriz.