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Wong became one of the first Chinese to study abroad when in 1847, Dr. Samuel Robbins Brown, an American teacher in the Morrison School, had to leave China due to his ill health. He offered to take a few of his old pupils back to the United States for further education. Yung Wing, Wong Foon, and Wong Shing signified their desire to go, and expenses for the three for two years were paid by Dr. Brown and the Morrison Education Society. They embarked at Whampoa on the ship "Huntress" and started the journey of more than three months during which they passed the Cape of Good Hope and proceeded to the United States. Upon their arrival, they were admitted to the Monson Academy at Monson, Massachusetts.