The numbers on the left refer to page numbers in the print edition.
9 Aurochs (1556). In Sigismund von Herberstein, Rerum Moscoviticarum. Basel: Ex Officina Oporiniana, 1571: p. 111.
16 Contented Cows Give Better Milk by Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden (1998). Contentedcows.com.
25 A Kingdom for a Cow, playbill of the London Savoy Theatre (1935) © Hein Heckroth.
30 Pantagruel feeding by Gustave Doré (1854). In François Rabelais, The Works of Rabelais. N.p.: The Bibliophilist Society, 1854.
41 The self-milking cow (1973). In Sri Radhakrishna Sharma, Tirupati Venkatesvara. Hyderabad: Umashankar Publications, 1973.
42 Weeping cow on the sarcophagus of Queen Kawit (2000 BCE). Photo by Eugen Strouhal. In Eugen Stroual, Life of the Ancient Egyptians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996: p. 128.
65 Dutch Heritage (from Indonesia) by Jan Cremer (1973) © Jan Cremer/SODRAC (2001).
67 Leopard cow © 2001 by Tarzan GmbH.
68 Eat My Fear by David Lynch (2000) © Färgfabriken, Stockholm.
73 Man-cow bastard (1556) © Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Graphische Sammlung und Fotoarchiv.
97 The Innocent Eye Test by Mark Tansey (1981). Oil on canvas. 78 x 120 in. (198.1 x 304.8 cm). Partial and Promised Gift of Jan Cowles and Charles Cowles, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1988 (1988.183). Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY. 101 Rush Hour—Ireland. Photo by Peter O’Toole © John Hinde Ltd. 125 Balduin Bählamm (1883). In Wilhelm Busch, Balduin Bählamm, der verhinderte Dichter, 1883: p. 27.
160 The Divine Cow. In Alexandre Piankoff, The Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon. New York: Pantheon Books, 1955, p. 142.
165 Le due madri by Giovanni Segantini (1889) © Comune di Milano—all rights reserved.
189 Officials from Britain’s Ministry of Agriculture prepare slaughtered cows for the incinerator in northern England, February 25, 2001, after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was discovered there. © REUTERS/ Jeff J. Mitchell UK.
191 Hey Diddle Diddle by the Brothers Dalziel (1872). In J.W. Elliott, National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1872: p. 50.