"Sturgeon" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A royal fish which, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coast, is the property of the sovereign. 2 Steph. Comm. 19n, 540
Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid
fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family
Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the
coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and
Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air
bladder.
Persons curious in chronology may, if they like, work out from what they already know of the Wimsey family that the action of the book takes place in 1935; but if they do, they must not be querulously indignant because the King's Jubilee is not mentioned, or because I have arranged the weather and the moon's changes to suit my own fancy. For, however realistic the background, the novelist's only native country is Cloud-Cuckooland, where they do but jest, poison in jest: no offence in the world.
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