The call of the wild

Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego.

巴克不读报纸，否则他就会知道，不仅对他自己，而且对从普吉特湾到圣地亚哥的所有潮汐水犬来说，麻烦正在酝酿中，这些犬强壮有力，长着温暖的长毛。

Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland.

因为人们在北极的黑暗中找到了黄色的金属，而且因为轮船和运输公司正在大力宣传这一发现，成千上万的人正在涌向北方。