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they'll come back tomorrow and won't give up until they find us.

'You know, once in a while some guy gets lost in the Judaeen desert, and they call out the army and volunteers and trackers. Sometimes they have to keep looking for a whole week before they find the guy, dead or alive. They never just stop looking.

'What we have to do is help them find us. We have to find a shore to stand on, so they'll be able to see us.'

I remembered the beach where the jaguars had been. I had better head back there.

'Yes, that's a great idea. It's a huge beach.'

I had marked it clearly, and while I assumed that the markings had all been washed away, the beach itself must still be there. It was so wide. I quickly figured the distance. I had first arrived at Jaguar Beach on the afternoon of the fourteenth. I had wasted the rest of that day trying unsuccessfully to ford the river. On the fifteenth, as well, I had stopped walking relatively early. That meant that a day's walk was between me and the beach. I could still get in a good few hours' walk today. Tomorrow I would start walking at dawn and perhaps make Jaguar Beach in the morning hours.

I explained my plan to her.

'Come on, love. Another day's walk, maybe less, and we'll be there,' I said encouragingly. 'There they will spot us easily. First the plane will go over and see us. The pilot will signal us with a tilt of the wings and go back to base. Within a few hours