Show Fish Mill Malt Used Usell by Chinese I A type of fish mall maIV Is so well I known In China that letters are nicknamed nick nick- named a brace of carp The term refers to an old legend of days when I intrigue ruled the royal court and each man was wu justly suspicious of his neighbor A plot was hatched at court and when a powerful prince got wind of it the tors eluded his traps by sending each other gifts of carp In Jn each fish was a note Because of this thin legend the story loving Chinese long folded their notes roughly into the shape of a carp They even pictured the messenger carp carpon on some of their early postal stamps I |