. Peninsular California; some account of the climate, soil productions, and present condition chiefly of the northern half of Lower California. olerable conditions, forced foreigners to castcovetous eyes on the Mexican domain. It alone gaverise to constant schemes of annexation and revolution-ary separation. To forbid or make difficult and inse-cure the entry of capital and labor from without, neces-sarily united capital, labor, and enterprise in hostihty toMexico, and led to schemes against the integrity of herterritory. To welcome capital and labor and make both seom-emakes these her friends
. Peninsular California; some account of the climate, soil productions, and present condition chiefly of the northern half of Lower California. olerable conditions, forced foreigners to castcovetous eyes on the Mexican domain. It alone gaverise to constant schemes of annexation and revolution-ary separation. To forbid or make difficult and inse-cure the entry of capital and labor from without, neces-sarily united capital, labor, and enterprise in hostihty toMexico, and led to schemes against the integrity of herterritory. To welcome capital and labor and make both seom-emakes these her friends and allies, and unites them in acommon interest with her. Hence the enlightened spuitwhich led the Congress to adopt the law of 1SS3. andwhich has led President Diaz and his administration to 100 PENINSULAR CALIFORNIA. carry out with liberal zeal this act, is the best guaran-tee Mexico can have of a future secure against attemptsupon her territory, and of additions to her populationhaving mutual interests with her people, and sure underthe force of such mutual interests to be true to her andto become a part of her people and her APPENDIX A. TAELES OF TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. Tempeeattjee observations cover only the short period since com-petent observers were at hand to record them—about two years; andthe following tables apply to the region of Todos Santos Bay. Theinterior valleys are hotter, the elevated mountain regions cooler. Therainfall varies also. In the mountain region it rains in midsummer aswell as in winter, and the annual rainfall is greater than on the Pa-cific coast. I have been unable to secure complete daily returns fora whole year. In a new country observers are apt to be sent off toother work, and thus the records are incomplete. The reports I giveshow the greatest heat of the summer months and the lowest tem-pei-ature of the winter, with the daily variations. These are the factswhich physicians and invalids most need. MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AT
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