1. In 1877 he returned to Connecticut but soon went back again to California , and in the fall of 1879 went to the Republic of Salvador as State Geologist .
2. He returned to Connecticut in 1877 , but soon went back to California and went to the Republic of Salvador in the autumn of 1879 as a state geologist .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
OPTIONS:
1). no;
2). yes;...I think the answer is
2).