There exists a team of trained sturgeons which draws a boat on the Lehigh Canal. PA1871
Daily Post-1871
Fishpower
There exists a team of trained sturgeons which draws a boat on the Lehigh Canal. “The driver has his seat in the bow and directs their course with a goad, which is a long pole as thick as one’s wrist, with a sharp spike sticking out at right angles from the end, and it is surprising with what alacrity they obey. When they are to be turned to the right or left, a sudden prick on the opposite side of each sturgeon causes the paid to take the desired course. When a greater speed is desired they are pierced hear the tail; when they are requires to halt the goad is reached forward, and they are picked in front of the head.”
