 In the face of the rock , south from the town , is the famous stone , known by the name of the mistress @-@ stone ; it resembles a door exactly ; and is in the very front of this rock , which is twenty or thirty fathom [ 120 to 180 feet ( 37 to 55 m ) ] perpendicular in height , the figure of it being discernible about the distance of a mile ; upon the lintel of this door , every bachelor @-@ <unk> is by an ancient custom obliged in honour to give a specimen of his affection for the love of his mistress , and it is thus ; he is to stand on his left foot , having the one half of his sole over the rock , and then he draws the right foot further out to the left , and in this posture bowing , he puts both his fists further out to the right foot ; and then after he has performed this , he has acquired no small reputation , being always after it accounted worthy of the finest mistress in the world : they firmly believe that this achievement is always attended with the desired <unk> being the custom of the place , one of the inhabitants very gravely desired me to let him know the time limited by me for trying of this piece of gallantry before I design ’ d to leave the place , that he might attend me ; I told him this performance would have a quite contrary effect upon me , by robbing me both of my life and mistress at the same moment . 
