# Tarzan and the Ant Men — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Tarzan and the Ant Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/i.md): Esteban Miranda, imprisoned for a year in Obebe's cannibal village, maintains his delusion of being Tarzan and hoards a bag of diamonds. He manipulates Uhha, the witch doctor's daughter, into freeing him by playing on he
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/ii.md): Tarzan takes his first solo flight, ignoring his family's concerns, and flies far from home, discovering a mysterious basin region. Meanwhile, a woman of a primitive race finds Tarzan unconscious after his plane crashes,
- [III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/iii.md): Tarzan regains consciousness in a stone chamber surrounded by Alali young, who examine him and take his locket. He explores the courtyard and observes the Alali's primitive, silent sign language. As darkness falls, the A
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/iv.md): Esteban Miranda and Uhha flee through the jungle, terrified by a lion, while Tarzan trains an Alalus youth in hunting and weapon-making, transforming him from a fearful creature into a confident hunter. Meanwhile, a vult
- [V](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/v.md): Tarzan observes a battle between tiny white pygmies and a giant Alalus woman. He intervenes, killing the woman with an arrow and rescuing a pygmy leader. The pygmies, grateful, escort him across the plain. Tarzan demonst
- [The Wisdom of Klamataamorosal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/vi.md): Tarzan learns from Komodoflorensal about the history and social structure of Trohanadalmakus, including the revolutionary decree of Klamataamorosal that allowed intermarriage between warriors and slaves to strengthen the
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/vii.md): Tarzan observes the military preparations of Trohanadalmakus against the Veltopismakusians, reflecting on the pure patriotism of the Minunians. Meanwhile, the Alalus youth, son of The First Woman, hunts with two older ma
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/viii.md): Tarzan is overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the Veltopismakusian cavalry, who swarm over him and render him unconscious. Meanwhile, Uhha plots revenge against Esteban Miranda, steals his bag of pebbles and his knife, a
- [The Audience with Elkomoelhago](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/ix.md): Tarzan is brought before King Elkomoelhago of Veltopismakus, who initially mistakes him for a Zertalacolol due to his silence. The king discusses a wager involving Zoanthrohago and a new vibratory principle. Tarzan is gi
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/x.md): Esteban Miranda regains consciousness with a head wound and no memory, wandering aimlessly through the jungle as a hollow shell of a man. Meanwhile, in Veltopismakus, Princess Janzara is denied the purchase of Tarzan as 
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xi.md): Tarzan is taken to the quarries of Veltopismakus, assigned the number Zuanthrol, and put to work under the harsh Vental Kalfastoban. He observes the vast underground slave system, meets the beautiful slave Talaskar who w
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xii.md): Tarzan, now reduced to Minunian size, is a slave in Veltopismakus. He quarrels with Caraftap, who is jealous of Talaskar's admiration for Tarzan. Kalfastoban intervenes, threatening Tarzan and expressing intent to purcha
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xiii.md): Komodoflorensal devises a plan to be assigned to the same work crew as Tarzan by pretending to communicate with him in a foreign language. The deception succeeds, and they are both summoned to their master Zoanthrohago. 
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xiv.md): The Alali women attack the men in the forest, but the son of The First Woman, inspired by Tarzan, leads the men to victory, capturing a female to cook for him. Meanwhile, Tarzan is brought before King Elkomoelhago and Pr
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xv.md): Tarzan and Komodoflorensal escape their prison chamber by descending a makeshift ladder of hooked rods down the interior shaft of the dome. They enter a storage room filled with confiscated wine, then discover a chamber 
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xvi.md): Tarzan and Komodoflorensal escape their imprisonment by disguising themselves as Veltopismakusian warriors, using the bodies of slain guards to fake their deaths. They navigate the corridors of the dome, encounter a room
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xvii.md): Tarzan and Komodoflorensal return to the quarry to rescue Talaskar, but find she has been purchased by Kalfastoban. After a sword fight with a guard who recognizes them, they learn Talaskar's new location and overhear Ka
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xviii.md): Tarzan, Komodoflorensal, and Talaskar navigate a secret tunnel and loft to escape the Veltopismakusians, discovering the bodies of Kalfastoban and Caraftap. They evade discovery by warriors and use a trap door to ascend 
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xix.md): Tarzan rejects Princess Janzara's advances, leading her to trap him in a pit with giant wild cats. Komodoflorensal and Talaskar follow, and a fight ensues. Talaskar and Janzara struggle, both falling into the pit. The me
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xx.md): Tarzan clarifies his platonic love for Talaskar, while Komodoflorensal struggles with his feelings for her. The group escapes the cat pit with Zoanthrohago's help, and Janzara joins their escape plan. They seek refuge in
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xxi.md): Tarzan and his companions flee across the plain toward Trohanadalmakus, pursued by Veltopismakusian warriors. They reach the forest and eventually return to Trohanadalmakus, where Tarzan is made a prince. Komodoflorensal
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xxii.md): Usula finds Tarzan in a deranged state, eating from a buffalo carcass, and brings him home. A surgeon operates on Tarzan's brain injury. Meanwhile, Khamis the witch doctor tortures the River Devil (actually Tarzan) for i

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