Snarley-yow

This is a Nautical Fiction book originally written in the early 1800's by Captain Frederick Marryat. Lt. Cornelius is a sniveling, weakly, coward who commands a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel with his vicious dog is named Snarleydog in 1699. The author used the time period in which conspiracies were being organized to overthrow King James II.