Log of the proceedings of H. M. S. Comus

The 95-page book includes standard ship’s log information (giving locations, weather, etc.) together with some narrative accounts. Under “Remarks & Occurrences” are reports of the actions taken by the ship, including accounts of encounters and armed conflicts with pirate slavers as part of a six month assignment with the West African Squadron. The mission of the ship under John Taileur was to suppress piracy and disrupt the illegal West African slave trade; they captured 10 ships and freed close to 10,000 enslaved.