The Shipwrecked Orphans: A true narrative of four years suffering. Edited by Thomas Tellar, New Haven, S. Babcock, 1845.

Illustration from The Shipwrecked Orphans depicting John teaching Duppa to bend iron with fire. The modest dressing is at least an acknowledgement that it is a children’s book. Page 50. Caption: The kind Murray Islander surprised and delighted at perceiving iron can be bent by fire.

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