. What information mainly does the following passage convey (paragraph 7)?
One day they had taken a number of fishes; and when they had killed and satisfied themselves with as many as they thought fit, to our
astonishment who were on the deck, rather than give any of them to us to eat as we expected, they tossed the remaining fish into the sea again,
although we begged and prayed for some as well as we could, but in vain; and some of my countrymen, being pressed by hunger, took an
opportunity, when they thought no one saw them, of trying to get a little privately, but they were discovered, and the attempt procured them
some very severe floggings.
A. The sailors caught enough fish to feed everyone on board, and did so.
B. The enslaved people were beaten for refusing to help catch fish.
C. The sailors were excessively cruel, and deliberately starved the enslaved people.
D. The fish were slippery and could not be kept on board long enough for everyone to eat.