THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS.
Temperature of Merida, according to observations taken by the cura Don Eusebio Villamil, for one year, beginning on the 1st of September, 1841, and ending on the 31st of August, 1842. The observations were taken with a Fahrenheit thermometer at six in the morning, midday, and six in the evening. The thermometer stood in the shade, in an apartment well ventilated.
| SEPTEMBER, 1842. | OCTOBER | ||||||
| Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. | Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. |
| 1, | 80° | 84° | 84° | 1, | 83° | 86° | 85° |
| 2, | 80° | 84° | 83° | 2, | 83° | 86° | 85° |
| 3, | 80° | 84° | 83° | 3, | 83° | 85° | 83° |
| 4, | 80° | 84° | 82° | 4, | 81° | 84° | 82° |
| 5, | 80° | 84° | 83° | 5, | 81° | 84° | 83° |
| 6, | 81° | 85° | 84° | 6, | 81° | 84° | 82° |
| 7, | 81° | 84° | 82° | 7, | 81° | 84° | 82° |
| 8, | 81° | 86° | 85° | 8, | 81° | 84° | 82° |
| 9, | 81° | 85° | 84° | 9, | 80° | 84° | 82° |
| 10, | 82° | 85° | 85° | 10, | 80° | 84° | 83° |
| 11, | 83° | 85° | 84° | 11, | 80° | 85° | 84° |
| 12, | 82° | 85° | 84° | 12, | 82° | 85° | 84° |
| 13, | 82° | 85° | 85° | 13, | 80° | 84° | 84° |
| 14, | 82° | 86° | 85° | 14, | 80° | 84° | 84° |
| 15, | 82° | 86° | 85° | 15, | 81° | 84° | 84° |
| 16, | 83° | 86° | 85° | 16, | 81° | 84° | 83° |
| 17, | 83° | 85° | 84° | 17, | 80° | 83° | 83° |
| 18, | 83° | 85° | 84° | 18, | 81° | 83° | 83° |
| 19, | 83° | 85° | 84° | 19, | 81° | 84° | 84° |
| 20, | 84° | 86° | 85° | 20, | 82° | 83° | 81° |
| 21, | 84° | 86° | 86° | 21, | 80° | 81° | 80° |
| 22, | 84° | 86° | 84° | 22, | 78° | 80° | 78° |
| 23, | 84° | 86° | 86° | 23, | 76° | 78° | 78° |
| 24, | 84° | 85° | 83° | 24, | 76° | 78° | 78° |
| 25, | 80° | 84° | 83° | 25, | 76° | 76° | 76° |
| 26, | 80° | 85° | 83° | 26, | 74° | 76° | 76° |
| 27, | 81° | 85° | 83° | 27, | 74° | 78° | 78° |
| 28, | 82° | 85° | 84° | 28, | 76° | 80° | 79° |
| 29, | 82° | 86° | 86° | 29, | 77° | 81° | 80° |
| 30, | 83° | 86° | 85° | 30, | 78° | 81° | 81° |
| 31, | 81° | 82° | 82° | ||||
| NOVEMBER | DECEMBER. | ||||||
| Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. | Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. |
| 1, | 82° | 83° | 82° | 1, | 72° | 74° | 74° |
| 2, | 80° | 82° | 81° | 2, | 73° | 77° | 77° |
| 3, | 78° | 80° | 80° | 3, | 73° | 79° | 79° |
| 4, | 80° | 77° | 77° | 4, | 78° | 79° | 79° |
| 5, | 77° | 78° | 78° | 5, | 75° | 76° | 75° |
| 6, | 74° | 77° | 76° | 6, | 72° | 74° | 74° |
| 7, | 74° | 76° | 76° | 7, | 72° | 74° | 74° |
| 8, | 75° | 78° | 78° | 8, | 71° | 74° | 74° |
| 9, | 75° | 78° | 78° | 9, | 70° | 74° | 74° |
| 10, | 74° | 79° | 79° | 10, | 74° | 78° | 78° |
| 11, | 76° | 79° | 79° | 11, | 76° | 78° | 78° |
| 12, | 77° | 80° | 80° | 12, | 74° | 77° | 77° |
| 13, | 77° | 80° | 80° | 13, | 74° | 78° | 77° |
| 14, | 80° | 80° | 80° | 14, | 73° | 78° | 78° |
| 15, | 78° | 79° | 79° | 15, | 75° | 79° | 79° |
| 16, | 74° | 78° | 78° | 16, | 76° | 78° | 77° |
| 17, | 74° | 78° | 78° | 17, | 75° | 75° | 75° |
| 18, | 72° | 77° | 77° | 18, | 71° | 74° | 74° |
| 19, | 73° | 79° | 79° | 19, | 65° | 73° | 75° |
| 20, | 75° | 79° | 79° | 20, | 68° | 74° | 74° |
| 21, | 78° | 82° | 82° | 21, | 70° | 76° | 76° |
| 22, | 80° | 83° | 82° | 22, | 72° | 88° | 78° |
| 23, | 80° | 84° | 83° | 23, | 74° | 78° | 78° |
| 24, | 79° | 82° | 82° | 24, | 76° | 77° | 77° |
| 25, | 80° | 83° | 83° | 25, | 75° | 77° | 76° |
| 26, | 79° | 82° | 80° | 26, | 75° | 78° | 77° |
| 27, | 79° | 78° | 78° | 27, | 74° | 79° | 78° |
| 28, | 78° | 76° | 75° | 28, | 76° | 79° | 78° |
| 29, | 73° | 73° | 74° | 29, | 76° | 78° | 78° |
| 30, | 73° | 74° | 74° | 30, | 76° | 77° | 76° |
| 31, | 76° | 78° | 78° | ||||
| JANUARY, 1842. | FEBRUARY. | ||||||
| Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. | Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. |
| 1, | 75° | 78° | 77° | 1, | 75° | 78° | 78° |
| 2, | 75° | 77° | 77° | 2, | 74° | 80° | 80° |
| 3, | 76° | 76° | 76° | 3, | 76° | 81° | 81° |
| 4, | 74° | 78° | 77° | 4, | 76° | 80° | 79° |
| 5, | 74° | 78° | 78° | 5, | 77° | 80° | 79° |
| 6, | 74° | 78° | 78° | 6, | 76° | 80° | 80° |
| 7, | 74° | 78° | 78° | 7, | 76° | 80° | 80° |
| 8, | 74° | 78° | 77° | 8, | 76° | 74° | 74° |
| 9, | 74° | 77° | 76° | 9, | 73° | 74° | 74° |
| 10, | 74° | 77° | 76° | 10, | 71° | 76° | 76° |
| 11, | 73° | 78° | 77° | 11, | 74° | 79° | 78° |
| 12, | 74° | 78° | 77° | 12, | 74° | 80° | 79° |
| 13, | 74° | 77° | 76° | 13, | 76° | 80° | 79° |
| 14, | 73° | 78° | 77° | 14, | 77° | 80° | 79° |
| 15, | 74° | 77° | 76° | 15, | 77° | 80° | 80° |
| 16, | 74° | 76° | 76° | 16, | 78° | 76° | 76° |
| 17, | 73° | 76° | 75° | 17, | 72° | 76° | 76° |
| 18, | 73° | 76° | 75° | 18, | 75° | 79° | 79° |
| 19, | 70° | 76° | 76° | 19, | 76° | 79° | 78° |
| 20, | 73° | 76° | 76° | 20, | 77° | 80° | 80° |
| 21, | 72° | 72° | 72° | 21, | 78° | 76° | 75° |
| 22, | 70° | 72° | 72° | 22, | 73° | 74° | 74° |
| 23, | 68° | 72° | 72° | 23, | 70° | 74° | 72° |
| 24, | 68° | 73° | 72° | 24, | 69° | 78° | 76° |
| 25, | 69° | 74° | 74° | 25, | 71° | 77° | 77° |
| 26, | 72° | 78° | 77° | 26, | 74° | 78° | 78° |
| 27, | 73° | 76° | 76° | 27, | 76° | 81° | 81° |
| 28, | 73° | 76° | 77° | 28, | 77° | 81° | 81° |
| 29, | 74° | 78° | 78° | ||||
| 30, | 74° | 79° | 79° | ||||
| 31, | 74° | 80° | 80° | ||||
| MARCH. | APRIL. | ||||||
| Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. | Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. |
| 1, | 78° | 82° | 82° | 1, | 78° | 83° | 80° |
| 2, | 78° | 83° | 82° | 2, | 76° | 80° | 82° |
| 3, | 78° | 83° | 82° | 3, | 77° | 83° | 82° |
| 4, | 78° | 83° | 82° | 4, | 78° | 84° | 84° |
| 5, | 78° | 84° | 84° | 5, | 78° | 84° | 84° |
| 6, | 78° | 84° | 84° | 6, | 79° | 86° | 84° |
| 7, | 78° | 85° | 84° | 7, | 79° | 84° | 84° |
| 8, | 78° | 84° | 82° | 8, | 79° | 84° | 84° |
| 9, | 77° | 82° | 84° | 9, | 81° | 85° | 84° |
| 10, | 76° | 84° | 84° | 10, | 77° | 84° | 83° |
| 11, | 78° | 84° | 84° | 11, | 79° | 85° | 84° |
| 12, | 78° | 84° | 83° | 12, | 78° | 85° | 83° |
| 13, | 76° | 84° | 83° | 13, | 78° | 84° | 83° |
| 14, | 79° | 84° | 81° | 14, | 77° | 84° | 83° |
| 15, | 78° | 84° | 81° | 15, | 79° | 84° | 83° |
| 16, | 78° | 81° | 80° | 16, | 80° | 85° | 84° |
| 17, | 77° | 82° | 80° | 17, | 81° | 84° | 84° |
| 18, | 76° | 83° | 82° | 18, | 80° | 84° | 84° |
| 19, | 76° | 81° | 81° | 19, | 79° | 83° | 82° |
| 20, | 76° | 81° | 80° | 20, | 78° | 84° | 82° |
| 21, | 75° | 80° | 80° | 21, | 78° | 84° | 83° |
| 22, | 76° | 81° | 80° | 22, | 79° | 83° | 82° |
| 23, | 76° | 82° | 81° | 23, | 77° | 83° | 82° |
| 24, | 76° | 82° | 81° | 24, | 78° | 84° | 84° |
| 25, | 76° | 82° | 81° | 25, | 80° | 85° | 85° |
| 26, | 76° | 84° | 80° | 26, | 81° | 86° | 85° |
| 27, | 76° | 80° | 75° | 27, | 84° | 83° | 82° |
| 28, | 76° | 82° | 80° | 28, | 80° | 83° | 82° |
| 29, | 76° | 82° | 82° | 29, | 78° | 84° | 84° |
| 30, | 78° | 83° | 82° | 30, | 78° | 83° | 83° |
| 31, | 78° | 83° | 82° | ||||
| MAY. | JUNE. | ||||||
| Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. | Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. |
| 1, | 79° | 84° | 84° | 1, | 79° | 84° | 84° |
| 2, | 81° | 86° | 86° | 2, | 80° | 86° | 85° |
| 3, | 82° | 87° | 86° | 3, | 81° | 86° | 86° |
| 4, | 83° | 86° | 83° | 4, | 82° | 86° | 85° |
| 5, | 82° | 84° | 84° | 5, | 83° | 86° | 86° |
| 6, | 80° | 82° | 82° | 6, | 84° | 87° | 87° |
| 7, | 79° | 81° | 80° | 7, | 82° | 86° | 85° |
| 8, | 78° | 81° | 80° | 8, | 83° | 87° | 87° |
| 9, | 78° | 81° | 81° | 9, | 87° | 86° | 85° |
| 10, | 76° | 83° | 81° | 10, | 83° | 86° | 83° |
| 11, | 78° | 84° | 82° | 11, | 81° | 86° | 85° |
| 12, | 78° | 84° | 83° | 12, | 82° | 86° | 85° |
| 13, | 80° | 85° | 83° | 13, | 84° | 86° | 86° |
| 14, | 80° | 85° | 83° | 14, | 84° | 87° | 86° |
| 15, | 79° | 85° | 84° | 15, | 85° | 88° | 88° |
| 16, | 79° | 84° | 84° | 16, | 85° | 88° | 84° |
| 17, | 79° | 85° | 85° | 17, | 84° | 87° | 86° |
| 18, | 79° | 86° | 86° | 18, | 84° | 88° | 88° |
| 19, | 80° | 86° | 86° | 19, | 84° | 88° | 88° |
| 20, | 81° | 86° | 85° | 20, | 84° | 88° | 87° |
| 21, | 82° | 86° | 85° | 21, | 84° | 88° | 87° |
| 22, | 82° | 86° | 85° | 22, | 83° | 88° | 88° |
| 23, | 82° | 86° | 86° | 23, | 82° | 88° | 86° |
| 24, | 81° | 86° | 86° | 24, | 82° | 89° | 86° |
| 25, | 82° | 86° | 85° | 25, | 83° | 88° | 86° |
| 26, | 82° | 84° | 82° | 26, | 82° | 88° | 86° |
| 27, | 82° | 83° | 81° | 27, | 82° | 88° | 86° |
| 28, | 80° | 84° | 80° | 28, | 82° | 88° | 85° |
| 29, | 80° | 83° | 80° | 29, | 82° | 86° | 85° |
| 30, | 80° | 83° | 81° | 30, | 82° | 88° | 85° |
| 31, | 80° | 84° | 83° | ||||
| JULY. | AUGUST. | ||||||
| Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. | Days. | Morn. | Noon. | Even. |
| 1, | 83° | 86° | 84° | 1, | 83° | 88° | 86° |
| 2, | 83° | 86° | 84° | 2, | 82° | 87° | 86° |
| 3, | 82° | 86° | 84° | 3, | 84° | 87° | 86° |
| 4, | 82° | 86° | 85° | 4, | 84° | 87° | 86° |
| 5, | 82° | 86° | 83° | 5, | 83° | 87° | 86° |
| 6, | 81° | 86° | 86° | 6, | 82° | 86° | 85° |
| 7, | 82° | 88° | 86° | 7, | 82° | 86° | 86° |
| 8, | 82° | 86° | 85° | 8, | 82° | 87° | 86° |
| 9, | 81° | 86° | 85° | 9, | 83° | 88° | 86° |
| 10, | 81° | 84° | 82° | 10, | 83° | 88° | 87° |
| 11, | 80° | 82° | 81° | 11, | 84° | 88° | 82° |
| 12, | 78° | 82° | 82° | 12, | 82° | 86° | 86° |
| 13, | 80° | 84° | 83° | 13, | 83° | 86° | 86° |
| 14, | 79° | 86° | 85° | 14, | 82° | 87° | 85° |
| 15, | 82° | 87° | 85° | 15, | 83° | 86° | 83° |
| 16, | 82° | 86° | 86° | 16, | 82° | 86° | 83° |
| 17, | 82° | 86° | 86° | 17, | 81° | 85° | 84° |
| 18, | 81° | 85° | 83° | 18, | 81° | 86° | 85° |
| 19, | 81° | 85° | 83° | 19, | 80° | 86° | 84° |
| 20, | 81° | 85° | 82° | 20, | 82° | 86° | 86° |
| 21, | 80° | 85° | 82° | 21, | 82° | 86° | 86° |
| 22, | 80° | 85° | 82° | 22, | 82° | 86° | 84° |
| 23, | 80° | 85° | 82° | 23, | 81° | 86° | 86° |
| 24, | 81° | 86° | 85° | 24, | 82° | 86° | 86° |
| 25, | 82° | 87° | 85° | 25, | 83° | 87° | 86° |
| 26, | 81° | 86° | 84° | 26, | 84° | 87° | 86° |
| 27, | 82° | 87° | 86° | 27, | 82° | 87° | 86° |
| 28, | 83° | 87° | 86° | 28, | 80° | 85° | 85° |
| 29, | 83° | 86° | 86° | 29, | 80° | 86° | 86° |
| 30, | 83° | 88° | 86° | 30, | 81° | 86° | 86° |
| 31, | 83° | 87° | 86° | 31, | 82° | 86° | 86° |
TABLE OF STATISTICS OF YUCATAN.
| Districts. | Principal Places | Parishes | Villages annexed | Distance from the Capital—Leagues | Population | PRODUCTIONS. |
| Capital | Mérida | 4 | 5 | 37,801 | Horned cattle horses, mules, tallow, jerked beef, leather, salt, gypsum, hemp, raw and manufactured, straw hats, guitars, and extract of logwood. | |
| Campeachy | City of Campeachy | 2 | " | 36 | 19,600 | Salt, logwood, rice, sugar, and marble of good quality. |
| Lerma | Village of Lerma | 3 | 8 | 37 | 10,567 | Logwood, timber, rice, and fish oil. |
| Valladolid | City of Valladolid | 11 | 17 | 36 | 63,164 | Cotton, sugar, starch, gum copal, tobacco, cochineal, saffron, vanilla, cotton fabrics, yarns, &c., wax, honey, castor oil, horned cattle, hogs, and skins. |
| Coast | City of Izamal | 16 | 27 | 15 | 78,846 | Horned cattle, horses, mules, tallow, jerked beef, castor oil, hides, wax, honey, timber, indigo, hemp, raw and manufactured, straw cigars, barilla, and salt. |
| The Upper Highlands | City of Tekax | 9 | 7 | 25 | 60,776 | Horned cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, skins, sugar, molasses, timber, rice, tobacco, in the leaf and manufactured, spirits, arrow-root, straw hats, cotton lace, ochre, flints, and grindstones. |
| The Lower Highlands | Village of Teabo | 8 | 5 | 17 | 42,188 | Horned cattle, horses, mules, hogs, sheep, skins, tallow, dried beef, hemp, raw and manufactured, and cotton lace. |
| The Upper Royal Road | Town of Jequelchakan | 6 | 11 | 26 | 54,447 | Horned cattle, horses, mules, skins, tallow, dried beef, logwood, tobacco, sugar, and rum. |
| The Lower Royal Road | Village of Maxcanú | 5 | 7 | 14 | 41,726 | Horned cattle, horses, mules, oil of palma Cristi, tobacco, hemp, and fine straw hats. |
| The Upper "Beneficios" | Village of Ichmul | 7 | 15 | 39 | 66,680 | Sugar, molasses, rum, tobacco of good quality, rice, laces, pepper, gum copal, sarsaparilla, hats, hammocks, ebony, barilla, gypsum, and skins. |
| The Lower "Beneficios" | Village of Sotuta | 6 | 16 | 22 | 49,443 | Horned cattle, horses, mules, hogs, skins, tallow, and dried beef. |
| Tizimin | Village of Tizimin | 7 | 18 | 41 | 37,168 | Tortoise-shell, skins, timber, logwood, India-rubber, incense, tobacco, achiote (a substitute for saffron, and a very rich dye), starch from the yuca, cotton, wax, honey, molasses, sugar, rum, castor oil, salt, amber, vanilla, hogs, cochineal. |
| Island of Cármen | Town of Cármen | 2 | 1 | 80 | 4,364 | Logwood. |
| Seiba-playa | Village of Seiba-playa | 3 | 6 | 42 | 8,183 | Timber, rice, logwood, and salt. |
| Bacalar | Town of Bacalar | 2 | " | 88 | 3,986 | Logwood, valuable timber, sugar of inferior quality, tobacco of the best description, rum, a fine species of hemp, known under the name of pita, resin, India-rubber, gum copal, pimento, sarsaparilla, vanilla, and gypsum. |
| Total | 15 | 91 | 143 | 578,939 |