Two Years Before the Mast

Two years before the mast were but an episode in the life of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.; yet the narrative in which he details the experiences of that period is, perhaps, his chief claim to a wide remembrance.

在理查德·亨利·达纳二世的生命中，两年的船桅前生活不过是一段插曲；然而，他详细叙述那段经历的叙述，或许是他广为人知的主要原因。

His happiest associations were literary, his pleasantest acquaintanceships those which arose through his fame as the author of one book.

他最幸福的交往是文学上的，他最愉快的熟人关系是通过他作为一本书作者的名声而产生的。