 On an African safari with his friend Grant (Staney Farrar), Clyde Beatty (Clyde Beatty) plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions from Jo Carter (Phyllis Coates) but her animals are wiped out by a fire. Despite interference by rival dealer Gorman (John Doucette), who hopes to ruin Jo, Beatty saves her business by helping her to capture an adult gorilla. (2nd story) When Grant is bitten by a tsetse fly and falls ill, Beatty heads for the nearest hospital through the territory of the dangerous Matabeles tribe. They are captured and condemned to death by Grubbs (Leonard Mudie), a white man living with the tribe and stealing their gold. Using the Matabele Boy King (Shelby Bacon) as a shield, Beatty and Grant make an escape and Grubbs is forced to accompany them, leaving his loot behind.