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