diff -ru freeciv.orig/server/mapgen.c freeciv/server/mapgen.c
--- freeciv.orig/server/mapgen.c	Thu Jun 15 19:21:46 2000
+++ freeciv/server/mapgen.c	Thu Jun 15 19:20:35 2000
@@ -1036,9 +1036,9 @@
   int x,y,l;
   int count=0;
   while ((number*map.xsize*map.ysize)/2000 && count++<map.xsize*map.ysize*2) {
-    x=myrand(map.xsize);
-    y=myrand(map.ysize);
-    l=myrand(6);
+    x=myrand(map.xsize - 2) + 1; /* top and bottom of the map aren't displayed */
+    y=myrand(map.ysize - 2) + 1; /* we shouldn't place huts here */
+    l=myrand(6);                 /* nobody would see them */
     if (map_get_terrain(x, y)!=T_OCEAN && 
 	( map_get_terrain(x, y)!=T_ARCTIC || l<3 )
 	) {