 He discovered a local botanist and, with special permission, arranged a day's botanical outing with him on the Lüneburg Heath.Thither they went, had a profitable time and arranged a date for a repeat.When McClintock turned up at the house, he was greeted with great distress, because Herr Schwarz had shot himself – being so emotionally affected at the military defeat, the subjection, and then – by contrast – a few hours of treatment as a fellow human being.