Mac Mail Folder on my Mac - Moving it and contents to new MBP

I have a folder in Mac Mail that is on my Mac. It's an archive of my old emails. I thought if I copied it from Home>Library>Mail>Mailboxes to the same on the MBP I could view them in Mac Mail. Well I was wrong. So how do I move this file over from my old Mac to my new Mac where I can view them in Mac Mail? Thanks.

Drag the old folder onto the new one's Desktop, then in Mail select File/Import Mailboxes, then check Mac OSX Mail on the next screen and select the old mailbox folder.

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