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He stayed seven months in the country and was then taken off again by Gonçalves at a point farther South the coast, near the " Cape of Ransom " ( Cape Mirik or Timiris, current Mauritania ); and his account of his experiences proved of great interest and value, not only as to the natural features, climate, fauna and flora of the south-western Sahara, but also as to the racial affinities, language, script, religion, nomad habits, and trade of its inhabitants.
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After reading a pamphlet by Doctor James Wilson, who operated a hydropathic establishment with James Manby Gully at Malvern, he stayed there for " some nine or ten weeks ", after which he " continued the system some seven weeks longer under Doctor Weiss, at Petersham ", then again at " Doctor Schmidt's magnificent hydropathic establishment at Boppart " ( at the former Marienberg Convent at Boppard ), after developing a cold and fever upon his return home.
In France Anne was a maid of honour to Queen Mary, and then to 15-year-old Queen Claude of France, with whom she stayed nearly seven years.
Nonetheless, Dennis Tito visited the ISS on April 28, 2001, and stayed for seven days, becoming the first " fee-paying " space tourist.
It is estimated that after around seven years the Lindisfarne community settled in the Priory at Chester-le-Street in Durham where they stayed until 995 ( where Aldred would have done his interlinear translation of the text ) ( Backhouse 2004 ).
During the uprising, he was arrested by Israel and deported to Jordan, where he stayed for seven years until he was permitted to return under the terms of the Oslo Accords in 1994.
" The first of seven number 1 hits on the country charts, " I'm Moving On " stayed at the top for 21 weeks, setting the all-time record for most weeks at number 1.
" En El Amor Hay que Perdonar " debuted at number seven on the Mexican Singles Chart and peaked at number one, and stayed for one week.
Hiei ; and this time, he stayed seven days.
Muhammad Ahmad stayed with Sheikh Muhammad Sharif for seven years, during which time he was recognized for his piety and asceticism.
He stayed there for seven years, and taught French priests and Christians how to cook gingerbread.
The students were trained in surveying, measuring, costing, superintendence and draftsmanship, normally a student stayed for five to seven years.
*:" According to Mírzá Abu ' l-Fadl of Gulpaygan, He journeyed to the holy cities of ' Iraq in the spring of 1841, stayed in ' Iraq for nearly seven months and returned to His ' native province of Fars ' in the autumn of that year.
He stayed on as head coach for the next year and again guided the Devils to the finals, where they lost to the Colorado Avalanche in seven games.
The record entered the Dutch charts and stayed there for over seven months, and started the international success of the song.
After singing across Italy, she spent 1845-47 singing at Covent Garden, then went to North America, where she stayed for seven years.
Boone stayed with the Angels for seven seasons and was let go in 1988.
Volume seven stayed in the Japanese comic ranking for two weeks and volume eight stayed in for three weeks.
In Paris, following another scare, doctors declared Kalliope mad and she stayed for seven and a half months in Jules Bernard Luys ' asylum in Ivry-sur-Seine.
On Sunday 20 March 2005, the single reached number one in the UK Singles Charts, and stayed there for seven consecutive weeks.
Despite its longevity as a ballad, however, his next success, Joe Burke and Benny Davis ’ 1928 song " Carolina Moon ", did not quite measure up to its predecessors, albeit out of 14-weeks charted it stayed for seven at # 1.
Rijkaard stayed at Ajax for seven and a half seasons, as a central defender ( 1981 – 82, 1982 – 83, 1984 – 85 ), a right midfielder and a central midfielder ( 1985 – 86 ).
Perhaps as many as seven U. S. Presidents stayed at The Ambassador Hotel, from Hoover to Nixon, along with chiefs of state from around the world.
On June 14, 1999, Andy was named to replace Larry Robinson as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, where he stayed for seven seasons.
The 2004 trip featured seven families, who stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge near Animal Kingdom.
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Early in 1717 Selkirk returned to Lower Largo but stayed only a few months.
David, in fear, carried the Ark aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite, instead of carrying it on to Zion, and there it stayed three months ( 2 Samuel 6: 1-11 ; 1 Chronicles 13: 1-13 ).
This time however, Athanasius simply left for the outskirts of Alexandria, where he stayed for only a few months before the local authorities convinced Valens to retract his order of exile.
HP's offer was regarded by analysts to be overvaluing Compaq, due to Compaq's shaky financial performance in the past recent years ( there were rumors that it could run out of money in 12 months and be forced to cease business operations had it stayed independent ), as well as Compaq's own more conservative valuation of its assets.
In October 1972, Hall travelled to Europe and stayed with friends while she traveled for three months.
Some archival investigation on the original letters suggests that the woman of romantic interest was a Mademoiselle Stéphanie-Félicie Poterin du Motel, the daughter of the physician at the hostel where Galois stayed during the last months of his life.
Paul was about to travel to Jerusalem on writing the letter, which matches Acts where it is reported that Paul stayed for three months in Greece.
She stayed in Normandy for six months.
In 1924, Fermi spent a semester at the University of Göttingen with Max Born, and then stayed for a few months in Leiden with Paul Ehrenfest.
After arriving in Portuguese Malacca in October of that year and waiting three months in vain for a ship to Makassar, he gave up the goal of his voyage and left Malacca on 1 January 1546, for Ambon Island where he stayed until mid-June.
On completion of the works in the town, the Sultan crossed the Strait to inspect the works and stayed in Gibraltar for two months.
The court agreed to drop all charges if Connick stayed out of trouble for six months.
It stayed in these colours for 12 months as part of a deal between Red Funnel and IKEA to provide home delivery services to the Isle of Wight.
The route took him through Tlemcen, Béjaïa, and then Tunis, where he stayed for two months.
There he bought a number of camels and stayed for four months.
Dubious about the miserly hospitality of the king, he nevertheless stayed for eight months.
Over the next two months he stayed as a guest, analyzing some of Tycho's observations of Mars ; Tycho guarded his data closely, but was impressed by Kepler's theoretical ideas and soon allowed him more access.
According to the WMUR / Granite State Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire, just three months after taking office in January of 2005, Lynch's approval rating surpassed 50 % and has stayed upwards of 55 % throughout his tenure.
In 1998 Lindh traveled to Yemen, and stayed for about 10 months to learn Arabic so that he could read the Qur ' an in its original language.
This task was given to the Auffenberg family, who stayed on Komodo Island for 11 months in 1969.
He arrived in New York City on 13 January 1917 where he stayed for nearly three months at 1522 Vyse Avenue in The Bronx.
He stayed with his retinue in London for several months and occasioned much discussion.
Falk stayed with the Le Gallienne group for a few months more, and obtained a letter of recommendation from Le Galliene to an agent at the William Morris Agency in New York.
However nine months later many pubs had not changed their hours, although some stayed open longer at the weekend, but rarely beyond 1: 00 am
Later in October 1965 he was allowed to move to Najaf, Iraq, where he stayed until being forced to leave in 1978, after then-Vice President Saddam Hussein told him that it's better to leave ( the two countries would fight a bitter eight year war 1980 – 1988 only a year after the two reached power in 1979 ) after which he went to Neauphle-le-Château, suburb of Paris, France on a tourist visa, apparently not seeking political asylum, where he stayed for four months.
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