back ofhis head. The tops the lads are playing with in picture No. 4,are not quite the same shape as our tops, but theyspin very well. Some men are so clever at makingspinning-tops run along strings, throwing them upinto the air and catching them with a tobacco-pipe,that they earn a living by… … TOr SlIXNlXG. Tn face />n_s:e R.
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