# The Beasts of Tarzan — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [The Beasts of Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/the-beasts-of-tarzan.md): Tarzan, having been kidnapped and marooned by Rokoff, begins to gather a group of wild beasts, including Akut the ape and Sheeta the panther, to aid in his survival and pursuit of his enemies.
- [Kidnapped](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/i-kidnapped.md): Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) learns that his arch-enemy Nikolas Rokoff has escaped from prison. Fearing for his family, he returns to London only to discover that his infant son Jack has been kidnapped. Following a mysterious
- [Marooned](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ii-marooned.md): Tarzan is forced to write a large cheque under threat to his son's life, then is stripped and marooned on a jungle shore. He watches the Kincaid depart with Rokoff holding up his child in mockery. Meanwhile, Jane Clayton
- [Beasts at Bay](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iii-beasts-at-bay.md): Tarzan reads Rokoff's note revealing his plot to have Tarzan's son raised by cannibals and his wife endangered. Enraged and grieving, Tarzan is attacked by a bull ape named Molak, whom he kills. He then faces Akut, the n
- [IV: Sheeta](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iv-sheeta.md): Tarzan, marooned on an island by Rokoff, reconnects with his jungle instincts, befriends a tribe of apes, and later encounters a panther named Sheeta. He rescues Sheeta from a fallen tree, and together they hunt and figh
- [Mugambi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/v-mugambi.md): Tarzan, while exploring the island, is ambushed by a party of Wagambi warriors led by Mugambi. He calls upon his animal allies—Sheeta the panther and Akut's apes—to rout the attackers, killing all but Mugambi, who escape
- [VI: A Hideous Crew](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vi-a-hideous-crew.md): Tarzan, Mugambi, Akut, Sheeta, and the apes set out by canoe from the island, enduring a tense voyage as the apes panic at sea. After landing on the mainland coast, Tarzan and Sheeta hunt a bull buffalo together, feastin
- [Betrayed](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vii-betrayed.md): Tarzan and his wild company continue up the Ugambi River in pursuit of Nikolas Rokoff. After days of travel, Tarzan leaves his group to scout ahead. He encounters a cannibal village whose chief feigns friendship but secr
- [VIII: The Dance of Death](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/viii-the-dance-of-death.md): Tarzan is bound and subjected to a death dance by hostile natives, urged on by Rokoff. As the spears begin to pierce him, Sheeta the panther appears and kills one of the attackers, causing terror. The natives and whites 
- [Chivalry or Villainy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ix-chivalry-or-villainy.md): Rokoff attempts to coerce Jane Clayton into becoming his mistress, threatening her baby's life. Sven Anderssen, the cook, secretly reveals he understands French and helps Jane escape the Kincaid with her child, rowing th
- [The Swede](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/x-the-swede.md): Tarzan confronts the wounded Swede, Anderssen, who reveals that Rokoff has taken Jane and the child. Despite his initial fury, Tarzan realizes Anderssen tried to protect them and shows him mercy before he dies. Meanwhile
- [XI: Tambudza](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xi-tambudza.md): Tarzan buries the Kincaid's cook, who died protecting his family, and resumes his pursuit of Rokoff. After losing the trail during a week of storms, he becomes lost in the jungle for the first time. He encounters a nativ
- [XII: A Black Scoundrel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xii-a-black-scoundrel.md): Jane Clayton awakens to find Anderssen holding a baby, but she realizes it is not her own child. Despite her disappointment, she bonds with the infant. They flee through the jungle with Mosula porters, but Rokoff pursues
- [Escape](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xiii-escape.md): Rokoff confronts Jane Clayton, believing the dead child in her arms is her son, and threatens to make her the wife of the cannibal chief M'ganwazam. Jane, knowing the child is not her own, feigns submission but later, in
- [XIV: Alone in the Jungle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xiv-alone-in-the-jungle.md): Tarzan, guided by Tambudza, heads to Rokoff's camp to rescue Jane, but finds it deserted after Rokoff learns of his approach. Jane escapes into the jungle, retrieves a hidden rifle, and attempts to flee by canoe. Rokoff 
- [Down the Ugambi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xv-down-the-ugambi.md): Tarzan tracks Jane and Rokoff along the Ugambi River, deducing from the spoor that Jane is ahead and Rokoff is closing in. He arrives at the riverbank to find they have taken a dugout. Tarzan swims after Rokoff's canoe, 
- [In the Darkness of the Night](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-darkness-of-the-night.md): Tarzan escapes a crocodile's grip and kills it, then pursues Rokoff downriver. He learns from Tambudza that the white woman claimed the child was not hers, leading him to believe Jane is safe in London and his son is dea
- [On the Deck of the Kincaid](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xvii-on-the-deck-of-the-kincaid.md): Rokoff is thrown to the deck by his own men and is killed by Sheeta the panther as Tarzan watches, torn between vengeance and protecting Jane. The pack is brought aboard the Kincaid, and Tarzan learns from Jane that the 
- [Paulvitch Plots Revenge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xviii-paulvitch-plots-revenge.md): Alexander Paulvitch, consumed by vengeance against Tarzan and Jane, devises a plan to board the Kincaid at night and use an infernal machine hidden in his cabin to destroy the ship. After being refused a canoe by the Mos
- [XIX: The Last of the Kincaid](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xix-the-last-of-the-kincaid.md): Tarzan prepares to sail the Kincaid back to Jungle Island with his beasts, but a mysterious explosion destroys the ship. The crew and Tarzan's family escape to the island, where Sheeta and the apes flee into the jungle. 
- [Jungle Island Again](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xx-jungle-island-again.md): The castaways establish a camp on Jungle Island, facing hardships and internal strife. Tarzan hunts for food while Jane agonizes over her lost son. Meanwhile, a mutinous crew led by Gust, Kai Shang, and Momulla arrives o
- [The Law of the Jungle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xxi-the-law-of-the-jungle.md): Tarzan completes a skiff with Mugambi's help while Schneider and Schmidt feign cooperation before betraying the camp. Schneider lures Mugambi away with a false story, allowing Kai Shang and Momulla to kidnap Jane and the

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