| Show fd ilene from ab rish 9 yim flus curious little fans are made from the pectoral fine fins of the fish known as the sea robin the sea robin is not a very large fish but its pectoral f fins ins are largo large in proportion to its size and in nature they suggest fans from the manner in which the fish opens and closes them the pectoral fins line of the smaller sea rob in are marked with brown those of the larger fishes with maroon fully shaded the fins fing have many rays or orritt in making a fan fin the flit la is first stretched out on a board to dry abarge A large fin will make a fan about six inches in breadth the rays spread out hi ili it ik as the split bamboo strips do in a japanese fan except that the rays are fire tapering and they are much slen slenderer derex and more delicate when the fin is dry it ie is mounted as afan a fan and hen it has been thus corn plated it is dipped in m varnish the var nish not only brings out the colors but it serves also as a preservative thus treated the fan will lost for years now lork sun |
