Note 170 — Chapter VI · Magic Rites as affecting the Life of Man (continued 2)
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Top-spinning, again, is a favourite pastime among the Malays, and is played by old and young of all ranks with the same eagerness.170 The most usual form of top is not unlike the English pegtop, but has a shorter peg. It is spun in the same way and with the same object as our own pegtop, the object being to split the top of one’s opponent.