We also play near the point until the bow-arm is free. Single notes are played staccato, lightly. Such passages as this, requiring slurred notes, should be accented in this manner:
The bow should be free, placed on the edge of the hair as much as possible, with a slight undulating movement of the wrist, not interfering with the legato. Contrasts of legato and staccato need not be observed, the staccato being less marked than previously.
In passages like this:
the legato must prevail, the proper note receiving its accent. Whenever it occurs, keep near the upper third or point of the bow (the single notes being sometimes played spiccato).