Download or read book Traffics and Discoveries written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guard-boat lay across the mouth of the bathing-pool her crew idly spanking the water with the flat of their oars. A red-coated militia-man rifle in hand sat at the bows and a petty officer at the stern.