<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Barom.</abbr> <expan>Barometer</expan> </choice> <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="330.3" unit="ligne">330.3</measure> um 6 h. also <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><unclear reason="covered" cert="high">ein</unclear> <measure quantity="91" unit="toise"><subst> <del rendition="#s">84</del> <add place="superlinear">91</add> </subst> <choice> <abbr>t.</abbr> <expan>toisen</expan> </choice></measure> über</hi> dem Meere. Der Weg <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />bis <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007696 https://www.geonames.org/3644767">Cumanacao</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> in dem man viele kleine Bäche durchwatet<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />geht <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>im̅er</orig> <reg>immer</reg> </choice> im Thale zwischen Gärten <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> von hohen <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant" key="Bambusa">Bambus</name></hi>?<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>stäm̅en</orig> <reg>stämmen</reg> </choice><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"> Juagua</add> umgeben. Man passirt <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002531 https://www.geonames.org/3648972">Arenas</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> ebenfals ein pueblo de <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Indios, aber wohlhabender <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> (weil dort ein Pfarrer<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> kein Missions<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />mönch ist) von cultivirteren Indiern bewohnt<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> Die Kirche ist <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />neu <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> sehr zierlich mit <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010380 https://www.geonames.org/6255150"><choice> <abbr>Südamerikan</abbr> <expan>Südamerikanischen</expan> </choice></placeName> Thieren<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> Armadillen, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Tiegern p bemahlt, weshalb sie in einem so Gemäldelosen <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Lande großen Ruf hat. Gegen <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007696 https://www.geonames.org/3644767">Cumanacoa</placeName> hin öfnet sich <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />die Gebirgskette. Die <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007696 https://www.geonames.org/3644767">Stadt</placeName> (mit 1500 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Einw.</abbr> <expan>Einwohnern</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> kaum 3 <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />steinernen Häusern) liegt in der Mitte einer weiten Ebene<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />die offenbar ein alter<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> abgelaufener See ist, um den die <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Kalkfelsen nach allen Seiten hin als alte Küste seiger <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />abgestürzt sind. Der <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a8acefca-4afd-415c-acef-ca4afd415cac" corresp="#c3b03114-40a0-4161-b031-1440a03161f4" type="editorialNote">Tobaksadministrator</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="c3b03114-40a0-4161-b031-1440a03161f4" corresp="#a8acefca-4afd-415c-acef-ca4afd415cac" type="editorial">Je nach dem nachfolgenden Buchstaben sind in der Handschrift Humboldts o und a oft kaum unterscheidbar. Im Falle von Tabak ist aber die Schreibweise Tobak um 1800 ebenso verbreitet (vgl. <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/74XW9QFA">Krünitz</bibl>, <quote>Tabak</quote> und <quote>Tobak</quote>).</note> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Don</expan> </choice> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0015414">Juan Sánchez</persName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> ein <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />sehr munterer genialischer Castilianer<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> gab uns ein<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">e</supplied> angenehme <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Wohnung <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> wir brachten hier 4 Tage zu. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Bar.</abbr> <expan>Barometer</expan> </choice> <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="328.7" unit="ligne">328.7</measure> um 10<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup">h</hi> Morgens<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />also <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">an <measure quantity="106" unit="toise">10<subst> <del rendition="#s">8</del> <add place="across">6</add> </subst>. <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toisen</expan> </choice></measure> über</hi> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName>.<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="mBottom" hand="#author"><metamark />in 4 Tagen <choice> <abbr>bar.</abbr> <expan>Barometer</expan> </choice> alle <lb />Morgen <measure quantity="328.3" unit="ligne">328.3</measure> <choice> <abbr>od</abbr> <expan>oder</expan> </choice> <measure quantity="328.7" unit="ligne">328.7.</measure></note> Die Verschiedenheit des Klimas<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> die <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />größre Kälte<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> ist also wohl <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>dem</sic> <corr type="deleted" /> </choice> mehr dem nahen Gebirge <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> dem vielen Regen, der Kälte erregenden Verdünstung<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />als der in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> so fälschlich berufenen Höhe zuzuschreiben<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Nachts meist dikker Nebel<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="mBottom" hand="#author"><metamark /><choice> <abbr>Hygr.</abbr> <expan>Hygrometer</expan> </choice> 85° Deluc. <lb type="preserve" />Im Oktober Gewitter am heftigsten, fast ununter<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />brochen <choice> <orig>Don̅er</orig> <reg>Donner</reg> </choice> <choice> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> Bliz.</note> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> ferne Blize<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Th.</abbr> <expan>Thermometer</expan> </choice> 15–16°<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> Noch <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Morgens um 8<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup">h</hi> Nebel<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <choice 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cert="high">,</supplied> 2 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>St.</abbr> <expan>Stunden</expan> </choice> lang anhalten<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" /><pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="117v" facs="#folio_117v" /> <fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">12.</fw> dem Plazregen. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Hygr.</abbr> <expan>Hygrometer</expan> </choice> 76°<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Th.</abbr> <expan>Thermometer</expan> </choice> 17. Von 5 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>U.</abbr> <expan>Uhr</expan> </choice> Abends an hei<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />tert Luft sich auf. Um 7<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup">h</hi> Sternhell <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>H</abbr> <expan>Hygrometer</expan> </choice> bis 52°<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> aber <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />von 8 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>od</abbr> <expan>oder</expan> </choice> 9<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup">h</hi> an schon dikker Nebel <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> daher meist alle <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />correspondirende <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>☉</orig> <reg>Sonnen</reg> </choice>höhen <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>astron.</abbr> <expan>astronomische</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Nachtbeobacht.</abbr> <expan>Nachtbeobachtung</expan> </choice> gestöhrt. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Keine Brize<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> überhaupt kein Wind. <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">Pendel thut in 1 <choice> <abbr>Min.</abbr> <expan>Minute</expan> </choice> <lb />genau 85 Oscillationen</hi>. Wir zählten sie 2–5 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Min.</abbr> <expan>Minuten</expan> </choice> lang<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />also kein Zweifel. <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">Magnetinclination</hi> (Entfernung von <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0007693 https://www.geonames.org/3644768">Cumaná</placeName> <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="8" unit="legua"><subst> <del rendition="#s">9</del> <add place="superlinear">8</add> </subst> leguas</measure>) 43° 20′<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> also geringer selbst als auf dem <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006680 https://www.geonames.org/3639391">Impossíbile</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> so schnell <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>nim̅t</orig> <reg>nimmt</reg> </choice> sie gegen Süden ab. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>oscill.</abbr> <expan>Oscillationen</expan> </choice> der <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Magnetnadel 22,8. — <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">Magnetdeclination</hi> am <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1799-09-08" calendar="#gregorian">8<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> <choice> <abbr>Sept.</abbr> <expan>September</expan> </choice></date> um <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />3<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup">h</hi> 42′ 39″ — 13° 1′ gegen Ost<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg>,</reg> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="preserve" />woraus nach wahrem Mittag <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> azimuth wahre <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>declin.</abbr> <expan>declination</expan> </choice> zu <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />berechnen ist. — Zur <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">Länge</hi> mit Ramsden, obere Sonne <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />beweglich, nicht umkehrende lunette<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> am <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#uu"><date when="1799-09-08" calendar="#gregorian">8<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> <choice> <abbr>Sept</abbr> <expan>September</expan> </choice></date></hi> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>☉</orig> <reg>Sonnen</reg> </choice>höhen<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="left" hand="#author"><date when="1799-09-08" calendar="#calRevolutionary"><hi rendition="#uu">22 <choice> <abbr>Fruct.</abbr> <expan>Fructidor</expan> </choice></hi> <supplied cert="high">an </supplied>7</date></note>