It would seem as if it were to emphasise this that on at least three occasions, when everything seemed to be going wrong, in reality all was working out for our good. Our meeting with and betrayal by the two "shepherds" ought, humanly speaking, to have proved fatal to the success of our venture: we had thrown away valuable food, and were committed to crossing a desert which previously, without a guide, we had looked upon as an impassable obstacle. And yet we know now that it would have been entirely beyond us to have reached the coast by the route which we had mapped out to Rendezvous X, and that it was only the deflection from our proposed route caused by this rencontre which brought the land journey within our powers of endurance. It was the same when we were forced, against our will, to replenish supplies at a village; the breakdown of one of the party which compelled us to do so undoubtedly saved us from making an impossible attempt to reach the coast with the food which remained at the time. Still more remarkable was our failure to take the rowing-boat on the night of 10th/11th September, which resulted in the motor-tug falling into our hands and being the final means of our escape on the night following. We feel then that it was Divine intervention which brought us through. Throughout the preparations for escape every important step had been made a matter of prayer; and when the final scheme was settled, friends in England were asked, by means of a code message, to intercede for its success. That message, we now know, was received and very fully acted upon. We had also friends in Turkey who were interceding for us; and on the trek it was more than once felt that some one at home or in Turkey was remembering us at the time. To us then the hand of Providence was manifest in our escape, and we see in it an answer to prayer. Our way, of course, might have been made smoother, but perhaps in that case we should not have learnt the same lessons of dependence upon God. As it was, it was made manifest to us that, even in these materialistic days, to those who can have faith, "the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save." PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. [Illustration: MAP OF ASIA MINOR ILLUSTRATING "FOUR FIFTY MILES TO FREEDOM." _Approximate Route followed shown thus_ ---- _M^c. Lagan & Cumming, Litho Edin_] * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Obvious punctuation errors were ccorrected. Hyphenation was made consistent. P. 90: was not to carried -> was not to be carried. P. 196: an an old castle -> an old castle. P. 254: in case of eventualites -> in case of eventualities. P. 263: helped to keep the porridge moist -> help to keep the porridge moist. P. 267: unnecssary ripple -> unnecessary ripple.