1.   The climax of the excursion, which lasted about three hours, was our slow approach to a mangrove cluster that sheltered dozens of cormorants and some reddish egrets.

2.   The hillside preserve shelters dozens of varieties of orchids and bromeliads.

3.   One red-brick house shelters dozens of people.

4.   The military is restoring and plans to open to the public a pair of sea caverns carved by hand from granite cliffs that once sheltered dozens of patrol boats.

5.   The leader of the church, Reverend John Magee, sheltered dozens of the wounded, taking photographs to bear graphic witness to the injuries inflicted by the troops.