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.