The sight of a burned maquis is enough to make a man fancy he has been transported into midwinter in some northern clime, and the contrast between the barrenness of the ground over which the flames have passed, with the luxuriant vegetation round about it, heightens this appearance of sadness and desolation.
Erretako maquisaren aurrean, norberak iparraldeko lurraldean negu gorrian dagoela uste du, eta erretako lekuek landaredi oparoko inguruarekin duten kontrastea medio, are eta tristeago zein biluziago direla ematen du.