 African drums are talking on and on into the night boom the drums speaking of voodoo witchcraft mystery and menace their rhythmic beat breaks through walls of silence to bring you a story of Africa Africa that land where anything can happen professor Anton Edwards while in Africa searching for a lost race comes into possession of a mummified head that talks its language according to the professor is one that he with another man has been studying for many years and which he attributes to the lost Atlanteans this talking head has been directing their travels but it led them into a dangerous situation with a tribe of cannibals dominated by an unknown white man through the efforts of an guru a huge masai prince they escape and press on to climb a circular range of mountains on reaching the top they find themselves standing on the edge of what appears to be a gigantic extinct volcano there is an earthquake and the slab of rock on which they're standing starts to slide down into the crater with the professor lona jack and an guru holding on for dear life one one wake one devil devil home wait what is it only me and one a one a week now on a now on a no kill them all leave me in peace I just shut up shut up on a one a look them live for one time now on a whether you're talking about don't be so so good heavens as I remember now the crater landslide I want a guru wake fine devil home fine by devil come for one time all huh oh don't be silly you're all jack jack you heard my boy oh oh gee I'm sleepy can I have jack are you all right boy yes of course what what's wrong don't you remember slide it down into a volcano come out of it son right Scott years how long how long have I been asleep it must be night time for his owner don't wake her yet I think he's all right sleeping I want to make some observations with you of course sir isn't this a strange light it's green why not him like for boss devil him look all time fully fully for watch him for lava what's that he says sir he says it's a light from the eyes of the master devil as he watches us well that's a theory at any rate oh don't be foolish you don't seem to realize what happened to us we shot down many thousands of feet into an extinct volcano and we're still alive I'm afraid my head's still heavy with sleep I know it's the atmosphere let's get used to it is your watch going why no sir stop so is mine that means it's more than 24 hours as we wound it or else the atmosphere causes to stop there what this is really a volcanic crater shouldn't it be full of gases yes that's what's puzzling me if it were we'd be dead but now somehow the gases have been forced out look the light's growing brighter sir as it's spreading in an arc from way off good heavens what phenomenon is this him boss devil come one up hill runga they come fight plenty good what's he giving you your work up for he thinks it's the approach of the father of all devils he says he he's going to have a good fight good old guru I'd back him against a dozen devils say this light is artificial sir yes or else the sun is streaming through some gaseous papers high up that's what it is we must have come through them at a terrific rate on that slide down that's what put us to sleep so heavily father yeah long as a wick sir don't be afraid dear everything's all right yes I know I've been listening to you too for the last five minutes father seems too interested in that light to take any notes Jack the lights growing by leaps and bounds watch it are you all right Lana I'm stiff and sore from lying on that hard rock but I think that's all Jack that horrible slide I'll never forget as long as I live we seem to be going right down into the center of the earth well we're all safe at any rate I suppose we'll have to do some fine thinking to get out of this guy like this is marvelous the whole place is covered with a soft green light when old lamb birdie knows I've made these discoveries you'll go mad with jealousy so will all the others for that matter this is wonderful the color must be caused by refraction of the sun's rays through layers of gasses or thick papers and where is lamb birdie now sir I don't know I haven't seen him since he let in my life for exposing him and Jack he's never forgiven father look look you can see now we must have been shot across the ground for half a mile after we hit the bottom of the slope the lucky thing for us so that the slab of rock held together yeah yeah but that's a minor consideration now and you notice the ground it's not volcanic it's all good soil another phenomenon come on I want to explore a look what are those spots moving over there I've just been watching them I think they're animals yes see there's a herd of them coming up over that rise father do you remember when we first noticed the rock slipping away with it from the top they don't think I'm likely to forget it now why did you notice any other parts of the crater top start to slide I'm afraid I didn't pay much attention to anything except keeping flat on the rock maybe you'll think it's imagination but after we've started to move fast I looked around and saw another flat piece of rock hurtling down and I could have sworn there was somebody clinging to it well that's rather improbable on a we were only four people up there what you saw was possibly some animal one of those great lizards clinging on for its life take a look at that herd of beasts Jack what do you make of them they look like giraffes sir but their necks aren't long enough well that's just what they are you know it's always been a theory of mine and if the giraffe was domesticated it's long neck would shrink in time Jack those are domestic animals that means there are human beings here or near here all that awful thing the head it's talking against it says I know what is it saying what a head spirit for love are good huh it's assuring me that it's all right and scolding me for not keeping to its directions travel north well which is not I'm afraid the compass has been damaged let me see it mmm yeah yeah it hasn't been damaged but there are magnetic rocks around here and throwing it off well that's lost its usefulness for the time being there's only one way to go father and that's great ahead yes we'll have to try that there's some more of those chickens over there sir only they don't seem to be so large why not be be in good old crowd speak them live both spirit long time go he threw Palawa up what do they mean father he said an old woman of his village once told him that he would visit with the soul of a forgotten man and she spoke truth and why do you believe that in good old now on our boy not look there's a man running white man coming this way fast there's another man following him no there are several huge fellows well those are apes are great apes chasing the man in front get your rifle jack all right cover the second animal I'll take the first if they get too close to him shoes I'll take the nearest but hold your fire low jack all right sir that's funny around gotta get him in the head I guess that stopped him for good what the matter was a man he's got running get that nearest a check in the head going he's running again the gunfire he's not used to it when he saw the beast go down he was reassured that's a peculiar dress he's wearing looks like a character out of a book wanna this no man him spirit let's go to him he's all in the other apes have stopped to examine those we shot oh lord lord birthday mercy mercy oh lord mercy just let him lie there and get his breath well sir did you hear that did you hear what he said as he spoke English Jack middle-aged English in keeping with his dress poor fellow here he'll drink me why sir your terminal excitement Jack that's all excitement do you realize what we've done right in the heart of Africa we found a race of people who speak English more feet in English perhaps but still we can understand them I'm just as excited as you are I'm wondering what sort of reception we'll get from the main body if there is one maybe they won't like outside interference they may think we're enemies he's better father I think he wants to talk to you oh great lord who kills with the voice of thunder hold that anger and visit not die wrath upon this by servant who needless before when start now man no wish now not all Lord we suppose to know where he's from evidently he looks absolutely play I know not die origin speak art thou not he oh Lord the God of the rock be careful sir your answer may mean life or death to us even for God I know Jack leave it to me thou has to die a doubting heart oh man and within the rock fly as a good me reward for such as the oh nay nay I doubt not oh Lord thou are T thou are T for only a God have power to kill the sacred apes for Pete's sake those apes are sacred now we've done it then leaders enter thy master that we may have speech with him behold Lord the priest of thy temple come look look father it's a night in armor throw several of them be careful leaders to me looks as if we've been thrust back into the Middle Ages one boss devil come in iron those apes are the men said they were sacred if they are we're going to have a tough time explaining the dead ones good Lord Jack nights in armor with the last people I expected to me down here keep your gun ready you too long you expect trouble I don't know these people seem to be part of a forgotten race they speak medieval English wear clothes that date back a thousand years must be a city near here keep your heads and we'll be all right here they come