diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b7a1ea6..433d8e2 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: keedwell
 Title: Latin Squares in R
-Version: 0.1.1.9002
+Version: 0.1.1.9003
 Authors@R: 
     person("Matthew", "Henderson", , "matthew.james.henderson@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-7949-8208"))
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 9f5d919..1acb1ee 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 export(add_cols)
 export(add_rows)
+export(first_row_natural)
diff --git a/R/add-rows.R b/R/add-rows.R
index cbb53d2..ea01385 100644
--- a/R/add-rows.R
+++ b/R/add-rows.R
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #' @param rows empty rows to be filled
 #' @param strategy row filling strategy
 #'
-#' @return
+#' @return A latin rectangle
 #' @export
 add_rows <- function(R, rows, strategy = next_row_matching) {
   
diff --git a/R/first-row.R b/R/first-row.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52e403d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/first-row.R
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#' First row in in natural order
+#'
+#' @param n Number of columns
+#'
+#' @return A 1 x n latin rectangle with first row 1,...,n
+#' @export
+first_row_natural <- function(n) {
+  tidyr::expand_grid(row = 1:1, column = 1:n) |>
+    dplyr::mutate(symbol = 1:n)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/man/add_rows.Rd b/man/add_rows.Rd
index 6df4b35..0b994e8 100644
--- a/man/add_rows.Rd
+++ b/man/add_rows.Rd
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ add_rows(R, rows, strategy = next_row_matching)
 
 \item{strategy}{row filling strategy}
 }
+\value{
+A latin rectangle
+}
 \description{
 Input is a latin rectangle as a data frame with
 variables for row, column and symbol. Output is
diff --git a/man/first_row_natural.Rd b/man/first_row_natural.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e01f5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/first_row_natural.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/first-row.R
+\name{first_row_natural}
+\alias{first_row_natural}
+\title{First row in in natural order}
+\usage{
+first_row_natural(n)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{n}{Number of columns}
+}
+\value{
+A 1 x n latin rectangle with first row 1,...,n
+}
+\description{
+First row in in natural order
+}