Tarzan sets out upon the trail left by Bertha, the lieutenant, and their captors, and finds himself in a very unsual jungle in the middle of a desert. Just beyond the jungle, a walled ancient city, one in which he is sure he will find Lt. Smith Oldwick and Bertha Kircher. But he has to survive a hungry lion before he can reach them.

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Tarzan heads in the direction to which he believes the downed plane is located. Later, he encounters the black lion again in a desperate struggle for survival.

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Tarzan arrives on the scene just as Usanga is taking off with Bertha Kircher captive in the rear seat.

Soon after he frees a rare black lion from a pit trap.

Tarzan the British Flyer, and Berha Kircher return from their close call to their boma, but not before Sheeta tries to attack the pilot and bertha but is thwarted by Tarzan. When Tarzan goes off on a hunting trip, the Englishman convinces Bertha that they must leave together to search for a safe white town, and that Tarzan haes her- so why stay. She agrees, and they leave heading for his abandoned plane.

Tarzan takes a break from hunting a dinner for Bertha and stops by the native village from which she had recently escaped to find them preparing a cannibal feast for a captive. A branch breaks under him as he is watching, he falls, and soon becomes their intended second course.

Meanwhile, one of the smartest and strongest of the yuong apes guarding Bertha Kircher returns from his forays excited and wanting to tell her something- finally she understands he wants her to accompany him and 8 other apes on a mission to save Tarzan.

A British spotter pilot is forced to land his plane in a open area surrounded cby jungle and is soon captured by unfriendly natives. At the same time, not far away, Tarzan and Bertha Kircher are building a protective boma in the jungle in order to get a peaceful night's sleepm while traveling back to British HQ where Tarzan hopes to turn her in as a spy.

They both discover the other can speak English, and so begin to converse with each other. She is soon confronted by Kublat.

Tarzan, after deciding to rejoin his former life, has finally reached the hunting ground of the apes, only to discover that a company of native soldiers, recently deserted from the German East Africa Corps, are holding Bertha Kircher captive.

Tarzan finally regains consciousness from the knock on the head only to find that his old fried Numa the lion has found him and his standing over him. He later reaches Wilhelmsted and catches up with the German officer who he believes killed his wife.

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