795 



The uniformity of the temperature at the 

 same hours is very remarkable ; in the same 

 two months, according- to the very precise ob- 

 servations of MM. Boussingault and Rivero, in 

 the climate of Bogota, called extremely vari- 

 able, the centigrade thermometer varies in the 

 different days, but 1° or 1.5°. It results from 

 the whole of these observations, of which I am 

 in possession, that we may admit for 



CUMANA (5 t.) 



Mean temperature of the year 27.7° cent. 



The hottest month 29.1 



The coldest month 26.2 



S. Fe de Bogota (L36C? t.) 



Mean temperature of the year 14.6° cent. 



The hottest month Ib'.B 



The coldest month 14.4 



The observations from the 19th of Novem- 

 ber to the 26th of August only, give for Cu- 

 mana, employing only the minimum of 7 h in 

 the morning, and the maximum of 2 h in the 

 afternoon : 



