XX11 MEMOIR. 



the preliminary articles of peace; I also 

 accepted of the management of a com- 

 pany of young officers, who had agreed to 

 perform plays for the advantage of the 

 poorest loyal refugees from Carolina and 

 Georgia. In the course of my manage- 

 ment, a considerable difficulty arose, about 

 finding a person to undertake the cha- 

 racter of Lusignan, in Zara. As I had 

 once seen Garrick in this character, about 

 seventeen years before, (the only character 

 indeed, which I had ever seen him per- 

 form), I determined to attempt it myself. 

 My success was great. This induced me 

 soon afterwards to appear in the character 

 of Old Norval, in Douglas; and here my 

 success was still greater. I was foolish 

 enough not to stop, but afterwards ap- 

 peared in the part of Castalio, in the 

 Orphan. My exertions here were mere 

 common place ; and I failed still more, in 

 an attempt to appear in comedy. 



