21.   The group had sailed to the densely wooded mountains of nearby Zamboanga del Norte province, where they were ambushed and sent scrambling deeper into the jungle.

22.   The hopes of many seemed to fall as torrential rains poured down again Sunday morning in the thickly wooded mountains.

23.   Years ago, wooded mountains surrounded Fonds Verrettes.

24.   The latest Russian tactic of avoiding the main roads and instead taking to thickly wooded mountain paths, skirting pockets of Chechen resistance, appears to have paid off.