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In the year 1829, a large sturgeon was caught 

 and landed at Bushley Meadows ; it was seven 

 feet in length, two feet ten inches in girth, and 

 weighed one hundred and twenty pounds. 



Dr. Easting's Nat. Hist. Worcestershire. 



There was caught in a stake net, near Find- 

 horn, Scotland, a sturgeon, eight feet six inches 

 long, three in width, and weighing two hundred 

 and three pounds. Barrow's Worcester Journal, 

 July, 1833. 



Catesby informs us, that in North America 

 sturgeons appear in great abundance, in May, 

 June, and July, occasionally springing out of the 

 water some yards high, and falling on their sides ; 

 their fall may be heard at a distance of some 

 miles. In Virginia they are so numerous, that 

 five or six hundred are taken in the space of two 

 days, by merely putting down a pole with a strong 

 hook at the end, and drawing it up again, on 

 perceiving it to be rubbed against by a fish. 



Sturgeon Fishery. This fishery is carried to a 

 great extent in the Volga and in the inlets of the 

 Caspian sea. It yields on an average 1,760,405 

 roubles yearly. The Persian fishery of the stur- 

 geon is reported to produce 200,000 roubles 

 yearly. Forster says, sturgeons are seldom found 

 in summer, but mostly in winter, under the ice. 



