Following representations from a Mr W. Featherstone, the writer arranged to inspect, in that gentleman's company, a section of the coastline near Robe, where a seepage of oil was said to have been seen. Mr Featherstone, who is a very old gentleman (86 years), remembers that when a small school boy living at Robe, he was in the habit of playing along the sea front east of the main strip of beach facing the harbour. On occasions, when the sea was calm and the tide high he had seen an iridescent film floating out to sea in a narrow strip emanating form near the shore. His father had told him that this was an oil seepage. He had left Robe as a lad but he reports revisiting the town for its Centenary celebrations, about 7 years ago, when he again saw 'the colours on the water'. Although he appears somewhat hazy about the details of this visit, he recollects that the water was rather rough.