Benton Mackaye was an avid mountain climber and a land-use panner from Shirley Center, Massachusetts.

本顿·麦凯一位狂热的登山爱好者，而且马萨诸塞州雪莉中心的土地淘金者。

Civilization quickly passes as I leave Myitkyina behind me, and save for the solitary gold panner digging into a sandbar, I have the spread of river and sky to myself.

把密支那抛在身后，文明也随之迅速远离，除了孤独的淘金者在沙洲，就只剩下浩瀚的河流和天空。