t incumbent of
the office of the keeper of the box and his successor, to whom it was
to be delivered over. Moving on with uproarious noise and confusion,
they were set down under the corridor of the quartel.

In the mean time our procession of women from the church had arrived,
the musicians took their places under the corridor, and preparations
were immediately made for another dance. Cocom, who had acted as our
guide to Nohpat, and had repaired the locks and keys of our boxes, was
master of ceremonies; and the first dance over, two Mestiza girls
commenced a song. The whole village seemed given up to the pleasure of
the moment; there were features to offend the sight and taste, but
there were pretty women prettily dressed; in all there was an air of
abandonment and freedom from care that enlisted sympathetic feelings;
and as the padrecito and myself returned to the convent, the chorus
reached us on the steps, soft and sweet from the blending of women's
voices, and seeming to spring from the bottom of every heart,

"Que bonito es el mundo;
Lastima es que yo me muera."

"How beautiful is the world;
It is a pity that I must die."

APPENDIX. VOL. I.

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 deg. 84 deg. 84 deg. | 1, 83 deg. 86 deg. 85 deg.
2, 80 deg. 84 deg. 83 deg. | 2, 83 deg. 86 deg. 85 deg.
3, 80 deg. 84 deg. 83 deg. | 3, 83 deg. 85 deg. 83 deg.
4, 80 deg. 84 deg. 82 deg. | 4, 81 deg. 84 deg. 82 deg.
5, 80 deg. 84 deg. 83 deg. | 5, 81 deg. 84 deg. 83 deg.
6, 81 deg. 85 deg. 84 deg. | 6, 81 deg. 84 deg. 82 deg.
7, 81 deg. 84 deg. 82 deg. | 7, 81 deg. 84 deg. 82 deg.
8, 81 deg. 86 deg. 85 deg. | 8, 81 deg. 84 deg. 82 deg.
9, 81 deg. 85 deg. 84 deg. | 9,