"Maqui" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wild along the coast; while a little farther upwards, on the slopes and plateaus, the arbutus, cistus, oleander, myrtle and various kinds of heaths, form a dense coppice, called in the island maqui, supplying an excellent covert for various kinds of game and numerous blackbirds. When the arbutus and myrtle berries are ripe the blackbirds are eagerly hunted, as at that time they are plump and make very savoury ...
— Itinerary through Corsica - by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads • Charles Bertram Black |
