The district commissioner brings young Blandon to Kaänga's jungle in an effort to locate Blandon's father. They visit the land of the golden people and find Bladon Sr's assistant, Sanford, who has killed the older Blandon and set himself up as a god to the local people. Kaänga exposes the assistant and kills him; The witch doctor Asargi conspires with Terry, assistant to Carter the explorer, to capture the M'gandas' village. Camilla comes and helps defend the village. Terry is trampled by elephants.; Simba's cubs are taken by mandrills who then lose the cubs to hunting dogs who take the cubs to their white hunter masters. Simba pursues and kills the mandrill king while Mrs. Simba slips into the hunters' camp and frees the cubs.; Wambi attempts to befriend a lost hunting leopard and helps it escape from Lekko and his tribe. Later, Wambi hurts his ankle and is menaced by the leopards. The hunting leopard comes to his aid and kills Lekko, becoming the king of the leopards.; A mad sculptor threaten native villages with a "stone plague" if they do not give him tribute. Terry investigates and learns that the apparently petrified plague sufferers are, in fact, statues. The sculptor is taken into custody.; Paul Corveaux murders his wife and frames the slave girl, Lelana, for the crime. Tabu sends Lelana to the Mistlands to protect her and confronts Corveaux who confesses his crimes and is taken into custody by the local villagers.; A brief natural history of the elephant; Brief natural histories of several animals.