122 THE SCIENCES OF LANGUAGE AND OF ETHNOGRAPHY. 
to use Bible phraseology. In her mind to say ‘sus enemigos’ is 
a courteous way of intimating that she is suffering trouble; ‘ May 
your enemies be as I am”! (cf. 2 Samuel xviii. 32). When we 
are told (Genesis xxix. 1) that ‘Jacob lifted up his feet and came 
into the land,’ &c., we are to understand that he hastened on his 
way. The phrase is still in use, and indicates the raising of the 
feet in running or rapid walking, instead of the slouching gait 
common to people who wear unwieldy shoes or sandals when they 
are going leisurely. It is an every-day custom in Palestine for the 
country people to take off their shoes and carry them in their hands 
or their girdle in order that they may more readily ‘lift up their 
feet’ when in a hurry.” 
