Francois Maximilian Misson , a French traveller and writer , recorded the method used in England in the early 18th century : The ducking stool , rather than being fixed in position by the river or pond , could be mounted on wheels to allow the convicted woman to be paraded through the streets before punishment was carried out .
Francois Maximilian Misson , a French traveler and writer , wrote down the way the ducking chair was used in England in the early 1700s : The ducking stool was not always tied down to one spot next to a river or pond .