# Tarzan and the Golden Lion — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Tarzan and the Golden Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [The Golden Lion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/i-the-golden-lion.md): Tarzan, Jane, and Korak return from Pal-ul-don, adopting a lion cub named Jad-bal-ja and a nursing bitch named Za. They stop at a village to obtain milk for the cub, and upon nearing home, they discover that the Waziri h
- [II: The Training of Jad-Bal-Ja](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/ii-the-training-of-jad-bal-ja.md): Tarzan, Jane, and Korak return home with the golden lion cub Jad-bal-ja and the dog Za. They are warmly welcomed by Muviro and the Waziri, who have restored the estate. Tarzan trains the lion cub in obedience, teaching i
- [A Meeting of Mystery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/iii-a-meeting-of-mystery.md): In a London chophouse, Flora Hawkes meets with her confederates—Esteban Miranda, Carl Kraski, Adolph Bluber, John Peebles, and Dick Throck—to finalize plans for an expedition to Africa in search of hidden gold. Tensions 
- [What the Footprints Told](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/iv-what-the-footprints-told.md): Tarzan reflects on the training and nature of his golden lion, Jad-bal-ja, as rumors of ivory-raiding and slave-running reach him. Financial strain from the war prompts him to plan another expedition to Opar for gold, de
- [The Fatal Drops](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/v-the-fatal-drops.md): Tarzan confronts the intruders in his domain, while Flora Hawkes recognizes him and plots with Kraski to drug his coffee. Meanwhile, back at the farm, Jane receives news of her father's illness and departs for London, an
- [Death Steals Behind](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/vi-death-steals-behind.md): Manu observes Tarzan and his men retrieving stone blocks from a kopje near Opar, noting Tarzan's uncharacteristic harshness. Meanwhile, a watcher on Opar's outer wall spots a party of strangers descending into the valley
- [VII: “You Must Sacrifice Him”](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/vii-you-must-sacrifice-him.md): Tarzan awakens imprisoned in the dark pit beneath Opar, recognizing the familiar odors and the distant scream that identify his location. Above, La, the High Priestess, struggles with her dilemma: her love for Tarzan and
- [VIII: Mystery of the Past](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/viii-mystery-of-the-past.md): Tarzan is freed from his Opar prison by a woman claiming to be sent by La, who leads him through underground passages into the mountains. They discover a strange village of suspended huts inhabited by a primitive, bestia
- [The Shaft of Death](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/ix-the-shaft-of-death.md): Tarzan enters a Gomangani village where a Bolgani (gorilla-man) is demanding women and children as tribute for Numa, the Emperor. After the Bolgani kills a child, Tarzan kills him with a spear. He then leaves La in the v
- [Mad Treachery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/x-mad-treachery.md): The conspirators discover that Tarzan has recovered from their drugging, killed Esteban Miranda (who was impersonating him), and reclaimed the gold with his Waziri. Faced with total loss, Kraski proposes a new scheme to 
- [XI: Strange Incense Burns](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xi-strange-incense-burns.md): Tarzan, having left La in a Gomangani village, returns to find the village deserted and La taken by the Bolgani. He learns from a hidden woman that the Bolgani captured the villagers and La after discovering the body of 
- [The Golden Ingots](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xii-the-golden-ingots.md): Esteban Miranda, impersonating Tarzan, struggles to maintain his deception among the Waziri. After a humiliating encounter with a rhinoceros reveals his cowardice, he orders the Waziri to bury the gold and then dismisses
- [A Strange, Flat Tower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xiii-a-strange-flat-tower.md): Tarzan discovers a white old man in the east tower of the Palace of Diamonds, who reveals La is imprisoned in a flat-topped tower. Despite the old man's warnings of hopelessness, Tarzan resolves to rescue her. He crosses
- [The Chamber of Horrors](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xiv-the-chamber-of-horrors.md): Tarzan, La, and a small group of Gomangani defend the throne room against the Bolgani. With the help of Jad-bal-ja, the golden lion, they turn the tide, forcing the Bolgani to surrender. Tarzan plans to free the Gomangan
- [The Map of Blood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xv-the-map-of-blood.md): Jane Clayton learns of Tarzan's memory loss and sets out with fifty Waziri to find him, leaving Korak behind. Meanwhile, the conspirators' camp unravels as Luvini plots to betray the whites after the attack on the Arabs.
- [The Diamond Hoard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xvi-the-diamond-hoard.md): Tarzan is rescued from sacrifice by Jad-bal-ja, who kills the High Priest Cadj. La is restored to her throne, and Tarzan negotiates a new order for the Valley of the Palace of Diamonds, appointing an old man as king over
- [The Spoor of Revenge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xviii-the-spoor-of-revenge.md): Tarzan returns from Opar with a sack of diamonds and Jad-bal-ja, the golden lion. He discovers the spoor of his Waziri and Jane, but upon meeting Usula learns that Jane has been killed by Luvini. Vowing revenge, he sends
- [A Barbed Shaft Kills](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xix-a-barbed-shaft-kills.md): Tarzan, searching for Luvini and the missing diamonds, confronts Peebles, Throck, and Bluber, who blame Kraski for the theft. After searching them and finding nothing, Tarzan tracks Kraski to a hut where he finds the Rus
- [The Dead Return](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xx-the-dead-return.md): Tarzan reunites with Jane, revealing that Esteban Miranda had been impersonating him. Jane had been deceived by the impostor, but Tarzan's arrival exposes the truth. Tarzan sends Jad-bal-ja to capture Esteban, who is lat
- [An Escape and a Capture](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/tarzan_and_the_golden_lion_se/chapters/xxi-an-escape-and-a-capture.md): Esteban Miranda flees in terror from the true Tarzan, losing the leopard skin map but retaining a bag of diamonds. He escapes by river on a fallen tree, only to be captured by Obebe the cannibal chief, who mistakes him f

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