Synopsis However the big push in the brewery business really began in 1876, when everyone suddenly acclaimed a much improved brew. The beer was retested and retested until the diminishing level of the barrel revealed the perfectly brewed remains of a human being. This and many others such tales make up the fascinating story of Mussoorie, most glamorous of the hill stations established during the British Raj. A Chronicle of Mussoorie, past the present, it is an entertaining historical account of the town. With Ruskin Bond’s inimitable sketches are juxtaposed A Mussoorie Miscellany, a booklet made up in equal parts of gossip, conjecture and fact, published in the 1930s. Complementing the text are photographs which succeed in capturing the essence of this charming town, representing not just its scenic magic but the people who invest Mussoorie with much of its present character.