 She left London for China as a second-class passenger on the P&O vessel "Kaisar-i-Hind I" in January, 1888, age 22.The Hundred missionaries had all sailed to China the previous year.Among the 25 passengers (16 men, 5 ladies [sic]) aboard the steam ship with her were Miss Mary Reed (daughter of Mrs Henry Reed and sister of Mrs Harry Guinness), Mr and Mrs Hunt (travelling to Hanchung) and the Pigott family of The Sheo Yang Mission (who were eventually killed during the Boxer Rebellion).