MONGULS 23

III. YEZONKAI KHAN 41

IV. THE FIRST BATTLE 52

V. VANG KHAN 68

VI. TEMUJIN IN EXILE 76

VII. RUPTURE WITH VANG KHAN 86

VIII. PROGRESS OF THE QUARREL 100

IX. THE DEATH OF VANG KHAN 114

X. THE DEATH OF YEMUKA 123

XI. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE 136

XII. DOMINIONS OF GENGHIS KHAN 150

XIII. THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE KUSHLUK 163

XIV. IDIKUT 175

XV. THE STORY OF HUJAKU 184

XVI. CONQUESTS IN CHINA 198

XVII. THE SULTAN MOHAMMED 213

XVIII. THE WAR WITH THE SULTAN 236

XIX. THE FALL OF BOKHARA 244

XX. BATTLES AND SIEGES 264

XXI. DEATH OF THE SULTAN 281

XXII. VICTORIOUS CAMPAIGNS 297

XXIII. GRAND CELEBRATIONS 318

XXIV. CONCLUSION 330

ENGRAVINGS

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THE INAUGURATION OF GENGHIS KHAN _Frontispiece._

ENCAMPMENT OF A PATRIARCH 20

SHOOTING AT PURSUERS 35

MAP--EMPIRE OF GENGHIS KHAN 44

PURTA IN THE TENT OF VANG KHAN 62

DRINKING THE BITTER WATER 107

PRESENTATION OF THE SHONGAR 173

THE MERCHANTS OFFERING THEIR GOODS 222

THE GOVERNOR ON THE TERRACE 261

THE BATTLE OF THE BOATS 277

GENGHIS KHAN.

CHAPTER I.

PASTORAL LIFE IN ASIA.

Four different modes of life enumerated.--Northern and southern
climes.--Animal food in arctic regions.--Tropical regions.--Appetite
change