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Arthur
Gordon
Pym
was
born
at
Nantucket
,
where
he
attended
the
Bedford
School
until
he
was
sixteen
years
old
.
Having
left
that
school
for
Mr
.
Ronald
’
s
,
he
formed
a
friendship
with
one
Augustus
Barnard
,
the
son
of
a
ship
’
s
captain
.
This
youth
,
who
was
eighteen
,
had
already
accompanied
his
father
on
a
whaling
expedition
in
the
southern
seas
,
and
his
yarns
concerning
that
maritime
adventure
fired
the
imagination
of
Arthur
Pym
.
Thus
it
was
that
the
association
of
these
youths
gave
rise
to
Pym
’
s
irresistible
vocation
to
adventurous
voyaging
,
and
to
the
instinct
that
especially
attracted
him
towards
the
high
zones
of
the
Antarctic
region
.
The
first
exploit
of
Augustus
Barnard
and
Arthur
Pym
was
an
excursion
on
board
a
little
sloop
,
the
Ariel
,
a
two
-
decked
boat
which
belonged
to
the
Pyms
.
One
evening
the
two
youths
,
both
being
very
tipsy
,
embarked
secretly
,
in
cold
October
weather
,
and
boldly
set
sail
in
a
strong
breeze
from
the
south
-
west
.
The
Ariel
,
aided
by
the
ebb
tide
,
had
already
lost
sight
of
land
when
a
violent
storm
arose
.
The
imprudent
young
fellows
were
still
intoxicated
.
No
one
was
at
the
helm
,
not
a
reef
was
in
the
sail
.
The
masts
were
carried
away
by
the
furious
gusts
,
and
the
wreck
was
driven
before
the
wind
.
Then
came
a
great
ship
which
passed
over
the
Ariel
as
the
Ariel
would
have
passed
a
floating
feather
.
Arthur
Pym
gives
the
fullest
details
of
the
rescue
of
his
companion
and
himself
after
this
collision
,
under
conditions
of
extreme
difficulty
.
At
length
,
thanks
to
the
second
officer
of
the
Penguin
,
from
New
London
,
which
arrived
on
the
scene
of
the
catastrophe
,
the
comrades
were
picked
with
life
all
but
extinct
,
and
taken
back
to
Nantucket
.
This
adventure
,
to
which
I
cannot
deny
an
appearance
veracity
,
was
an
ingenious
preparation
for
the
chapters
that
were
to
follow
,
and
indeed
,
up
to
the
day
on
which
Pym
penetrates
into
the
polar
circle
,
the
narrative
might
conceivably
be
regarded
as
authentic
.
But
,
beyond
the
polar
circle
,
above
the
austral
icebergs
,
it
is
quite
another
thing
,
and
,
if
the
author
’
s
work
be
not
one
of
pure
imagination
,
I
am
—
well
,
of
any
other
nationality
than
my
own
.
Let
us
get
on
.
Their
first
adventure
had
not
cooled
the
two
youths
,
and
eight
months
after
the
affair
of
the
Ariel
—
June
,
1827
—
the
brig
Grampus
was
fitted
out
by
the
house
of
Lloyd
and
Vredenburg
for
whaling
in
the
southern
seas
.
This
brig
was
an
old
,
ill
-
repaired
craft
,
and
Mr
.
Barnard
,
the
father
of
Augustus
,
was
its
skipper
.
His
son
,
who
was
to
accompany
him
on
the
voyage
,
strongly
urged
Arthur
to
go
with
him
,
and
the
latter
would
have
asked
nothing
better
,
but
he
knew
that
his
family
,
and
especially
his
mother
,
would
never
consent
to
let
him
go
.
This
obstacle
,
however
,
could
not
stop
a
youth
not
much
given
to
submit
to
the
wishes
of
his
parents
.
His
head
was
full
of
the
entreaties
and
persuasion
of
his
companion
,
and
he
determined
to
embark
secretly
on
the
Grampus
,
for
Mr
.
Barnard
would
not
have
authorized
him
to
defy
the
prohibition
of
his
family
.
He
announced
that
he
had
been
invited
to
pass
a
few
days
with
a
friend
at
New
Bedford
,
took
leave
of
his
parents
and
left
his
home
.
Forty
-
eight
hours
before
the
brig
was
to
sail
,
he
slipped
on
board
unperceived
,
and
got
into
a
hiding
-
place
which
had
been
prepared
for
him
unknown
alike
to
Mr
.
Barnard
and
the
crew
.
The
cabin
occupied
by
Augustus
communicated
by
a
trap
-
door
with
the
hold
of
the
Grampus
,
which
was
crowded
with
barrels
,
bales
,
and
the
innumerable
components
of
a
cargo
.
Through
the
trap
-
door
Arthur
Pym
reached
his
hiding
-
place
,
which
was
a
huge
wooden
chest
with
a
sliding
side
to
it
.
This
chest
contained
a
mattress
,
blankets
,
a
jar
of
water
,
ship
’
s
biscuit
,
smoked
sausage
,
a
roast
quarter
of
mutton
,
a
few
bottles
of
cordials
and
liqueurs
,
and
also
writing
-
materials
.
Arthur
Pym
,
supplied
with
a
lantern
,
candles
,
and
tinder
,
remained
three
days
and
nights
in
his
retreat
.
Augustus
Barnard
had
not
been
able
to
visit
him
until
just
before
the
Grampus
set
sail
.
An
hour
later
,
Arthur
Pym
began
to
feel
the
rolling
and
pitching
of
the
brig
.
He
was
very
uncomfortable
in
the
chest
,
so
he
got
out
of
it
,
and
in
the
dark
,
while
holding
on
by
a
rope
which
was
stretched
across
the
hold
to
the
trap
of
his
friend
’
s
cabin
,
he
was
violently
sea
-
sick
in
the
midst
of
the
chaos
.
Then
he
crept
back
into
his
chest
,
ate
,
and
fell
asleep
.
