Import mail from deleted user account

I created a new administrator account on my mac mini and deleted the old one but chose to retain all of the user folders and files.
I would like to go back and import mail messages from a pop mail account in the deleted user library, but can not navigate
to the library when mail asks for the location of the files to import.  Is it possible to find those files?

Never did find a solution to this. However because we are using IMAP accounts most of the mail was cached on the client Macs. So I offlined them, loaded Mail, copied all the mail into local mailboxes, recreated the users, went online and copied the mail back into the new hierarchy.
Still can't believe I did such a daft thing!

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