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Charles Gilman's name for the rook-camel is the one that I have liked to use, Canvasser. In his description, he has a tie-in to both the building-rook element to which Paulowich refers and to the camel element. The name of the piece is intended to suggest its components. It means a person calling at houses for political or other research purposes, reflecting the Rook's modern representation as a building. The first six letters, Canvas, suggest a tent as a nomad's home that might well be packed on a camel. Not only did Charles put worthwhile, valuable, creative thought into the naming of the piece, but his use of the camel-rook in Ecumenical Chess is the first I personally had encountered it. Can anyone tell of an earlier use?